ABSTRACT:
Based on the premise that the superego is a command that demands an impossible jouissance, this article studies the possible destiny psychoanalysis can give to the superegoic imperative. The issue raised is the coalescence between commanding and obeying, as well as the opening of a gap, as supported by the discourse of the analyst, between the both of them. The development of the study establishes a pairing between listening and obeying, recurring to the hypnosis technique, to Pascal Quignard, to La Boétie and also Herman Melville. The object’s vocal variety constitutes an axis which conducts, in an analysis, to the desire gap and to the symptom that relocates jouissance.
Keywords:
Superego; vocal object; discourse of the analyst