El cuerpo en imágenes: (D)efectos de las nuevas tecnologías y redes sociales en el sujeto moderno

Abstract

This paper will explain, according to the freudian and lacanian theories, some of the effects the human body faces nowadays due to the daily use of new technologies, such as social media and smartphones linking them to the way subjects bound through signifiers and images from themselves and from the Other. First, the conception of body in psychoanalysis will be addressed using Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan theories, in order to underline the ways in which modern subjects bound symbolic elements offered from the society and the Other. Lastly, the imaginary register, mirror model and narcissism concepts will be highlighted to address the shortcomings that could be observed in the constitution of the self.