The Seba library treats Symbolic Order in 5 passages, across 5 authors (including Samuels, Andrew, Jung, C.G., Jung, Carl Gustav).
Lacan divides the phenomena with which psychoanalysis deals into three ‘orders’: (1) the Symbolic, which structures the unconscious by a fundamental and universal set of laws
Samuels provides the authoritative exposition of Lacan’s Symbolic Order and argues for its compatibility with Jungian archetypal theory, aligning the Symbolic with the collective unconscious.
, Jung and the Post-Jungians, 1985thesis
The nuclear and radial character of order in symbolic processes, which fosters concentric amplificatio
Jung’s seminar identifies a structural principle internal to symbolic processes—nuclear and radial ordering—that parallels, without invoking, the concept of a superordinate symbolic order.
, Dream Interpretation Ancient and Modern: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936-1941, 2014supporting
The living symbol formulates an essential unconscious factor, and the more widespread this factor is, the more general is the effect of the symbol, for it touches a corresponding chord in every psyche.
Jung’s account of the living symbol as a universal psychic structuring agent implicitly addresses the same territory as the Symbolic Order, grounding efficacy in archetypal rather than linguistic universality.
, Psychological Types, 1921supporting
A computer is supposed to be a symbol-manipulating machine. A symbol is an item that has a physical shape or form, and that stands for or represents something.
Thompson’s critique of the classical cognitive-science model of mind as a physical symbol system raises the question of whether formal symbolic orders can account for meaning, indirectly contextualizing depth-psychological alternatives.
, Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind, 2007aside
the ever rearoused but never satisfied doubt as to what order is ultimately hidden behind so much apparent arbitrariness
Auerbach’s analysis of Joyce’s symbolic synthesis raises the literary-critical problem of hidden structural order beneath apparent arbitrariness, resonating with debates about what the Symbolic Order conceals and reveals.
, Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature, 1953aside