Henry Krutzen’s Index of Lacan’s Seminar
For English-speaking students of Lacan’s work it is unfortunate how little this book is known. This short post attempts to rectify that by giving a shout-out for Krutzen’s marvellous...
Three Non-Lacanian Authors That Every Lacanian Should Read
There is no shortage of former Freudians who have abandoned the field and turned their talents to writing testimonies against Freudianism or psychoanalysis in general. Often these are semi-autobiographical...
New site, fantastic resource: LacaninIreland.com
As I was looking up references to rhetoric in Lacan’s work for a post I am planning to write on the subject I stumbled upon this site: http://www.lacaninireland.com. For...
What is Psychoanalysis?
How would you answer the question ‘What is psychoanalysis?’ For anyone interested in psychoanalysis, having to explain concisely what psychoanalysis is and what it involves can elicit more than...
Money and Psychoanalysis
Recently here in London the Freud Museum organised a three-day conference on the subject of Psychoanalysis, Money and the Economy. Amongst the keynote speakers was Bruce Fink, translator of...
The Short Session
The problem that this blog post seeks to address is quite simple: what is the rationale for the short session as practiced in Lacanian psychoanalysis? Or to put it...
Why is Freud upside down?
Freud’s image is ubiquitous, perhaps overly so, and has come to represent much more than Freud and his work. His image, featured at the top of this site, is...