Masochism: According To Freud

Author: varum

Masochism:
According to Freud’s Three Essays on the theory of Sexuality, both masochism and sadism are the passive and active forms of the same perversion. As stated by Lacan, both are connected to the invocatory drive. The invocatory drive (pulsion invocante) is the organization of the “drive”, in other words libido, according to its connection to words/the voice allowing the object (individual) to reach the state of jouissance. The drive is not identical to speech or auditory perception. The invocatory drive is an essential part of psychoanalyzing desire, fantasies, clinical structures, and transference.Jouissance through the invocatory drive is not reached by necessarily understanding the words or meaning of it, but through the repetition of being talked to/called (reminder of existence). For instance, someone speaking a foreign language might be arousing simply because their voice sounds seductive or authoritative, thus showing no need for the invocatory drive to be understood. A more intense experience would include the “creator” of the invocatory drive listening (hearing) the recipient, thus leading to a quicker or bigger climax through once again an acknowledgment of the existence of the recipient. Although, sometimes, said repetition can go beyond the pleasure of jouissance and create anxiety (common in neurotics).