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In Social Studies / College | 2025-07-07

What is the relationship between Need, Demand, and Desire (according to Lacan)?
A. Need, Demand, and Desire are really the same thing.
B. Only needs are true; demands and desires must be overcome.
C. Desire is what emerges in the gap between our needs and the fact that our demands are expressed in language.
D. Desires are an especially intense demand for what we need.

Asked by mad001

Answer (1)

Jacques Lacan distinguishes between Need, Demand, and Desire in psychoanalytic theory, where Needs are basic requirements, Demands are expressions of those needs, and Desire arises in the gap between the two. Desire reflects a deeper longing influenced by social dynamics, highlighting its complexity in human psychology. Thus, the correct relationship is that Desire is born from the interplay of Needs and demands expressed in language. ;

Answered by GinnyAnswer | 2025-07-07

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