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overdetermination
overdetermination - for FREUD the process in which a ‘condensation’ of a number of complex thoughts gives rise to a single image (as in recurring dreams).
- by analogy with the above, the combined outcome of the multiple contradictions existing in the different areas of a 'social formation‘ at any given time, in which, according to Louis ALTHUSSER (1969), each contradiction is ‘inseparable from the total structure of the social body‘ and is both determined by and in turn also determines this total structure. The existence of such overdetermination is seen as accounting for such phenomena as UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT, since complex ‘overdeterminations‘ mean that no social formation develops simply
overdetermination
o·ver·de·ter·mi·na·tion (o'vĕr-dē-ter'min-ā'shŭn), In psychoanalysis, ascribing the cause of a single behavioral or emotional reaction, mental symptom, or dream to the operation of two or more forces, that is, it is overdetermined (for example, ascribing the nature of an emotional outburst not only to the immediate precipitant but also to a lingering inferiority complex).o·ver·de·ter·mi·na·tion (ō'vĕr-dĕ-tĕr'min-ā'shŭn) psychoanalysis Ascribing the cause of a single behavioral or emotional reaction, mental symptom, or dream to the operation of two or more forces (e.g., ascribing an emotional outburst not only to the immediate trigger but also to a lingering inferiority complex). overdeterminationThe idea in psychoanalysis that every symptom and dream may have several meanings, being determined by more than a single association. |