To navigate is to fantasize: virtual relations and psychoanalysis
Keywords:
psychoanalysis, fantasy, virtual relations, cyberspace.Abstract
In order to reflect upon social relationships in contemporary society, it is indispensable to rely on relationships settled in network virtual environments. Indeed, these represent the most popular kind of social bonding in present days, especially due to its unique online dimension. This article studies relationships settled through virtual communities, especially taking them in the light of psychoanalytic theories of fantasy and psychic reality. We privilege researching a number of fake profiles present in Orkut, a social network site, which offered us plentiful substance to support our thesis.Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright
The submission of originals to Psico implies the transfer by the authors of the right for publication. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication. If the authors wish to include the same data into another publication, they must cite Psico as the site of original publication.
Creative Commons License
Except where otherwise specified, material published in this journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which allows unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is correctly cited.