A review of the concept of ego in contemporary clinic

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to carry out, based on the Ferenczian concept of ego, considerations on some aspects of contemporary subjectivity. I have aimed at articulating certain aspects of psychism with the subject of virtuality in an attempt to circumscribe the specificity of the psychic operation nowadays, a time when the economics of desire is questioned. I will employ the expression “net-ego” as a hypothesis, whose purpose is to propose a link between some features of the Ferenczian ego and the theme of virtuality, which is currently a very relevant issue of our culture.