Antigone's moral model according to Lacan based on the symbolic and real world

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1 University of qom

2 University of Zanjan

10.48308/kj.2025.236102.1257

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According to the theory of different fields of ontology in Lacan, which consists of the imaginary, the real, and the reality, the ego and the subject find a relationship with reality, and the attribution of this relationship to ethics leads to a distinct moral model. But Lacan needs to go beyond reality to present the moral model of reality. Transcending reality is achieved through the doctrine of Beyond the principle of pleasure. Lacan tries to explain the gap and lack of reality through the unconscious to extend the theory of pure desire to the field of ethics. Based on this, Antigone's moral model is the only model that, from Lacan's point of view, is loyalty to pure desire that can describe unconscious desire. Antigone is loyal to her will until the last moment, and her loyalty comes from ignoring and passing through the visible realm. Antigone not only acts according to her desire, but also pushes desire to the end until it reaches pure drive, a drive that insists on the object of desire until the end and on a specific object. According to Lacan, this model can be a suitable model for the ethics of self-centered desire and against any kind of reactionary and alternative ethics, including the law of the superego and the ideological matter.

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  • Receive Date: 23 June 2024
  • Accept Date: 18 February 2025

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