Abstract

SCHIMITH, Polyana; QUEIROZ, Sávio Silveira de  and  MURTA, Alberto. The shame: adding a little spice. Rev. Subj. [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.1, pp. 17-23. ISSN 2359-0769.

The purpose of this research paper is to investigate in the light of The seminar, Book 17: The Other Side of Psychoanalysis, by Jacques Lacan, the statute of the shame nowadays. The Lacanian concept of shame indicates that this feeling has an intrinsic relationship with the master signifier. Lacan shows that the sense of shame is disappearing. That statement intrigued us and made us to question what is causing the absence of shame in our society. We observed that there was a change society: the enjoyment that, before, should be covered with the veil of shame became blatant and shameless. In parallel, there is a change in the status of the superego, which can now be seen as having the imperative of jouissance. While affirming the absence of shame, Lacan does not fail to point out that this is an important sense for society, as well as for the analytic experience, because it helps us remember that we have a master signifier, hence the jouissance. Lacan suggests that It is desirable to configure the shame of another way, during an analysis.

Keywords : shame; jouissance; master signifier; psychoanalysis; superego.

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