Exploring psychoanalysis through the work of Jacques Lacan
Suture is a Lacanian concept, but not a concept of Lacan’s. According to Alain Badiou, Jacques-Alain Miller’s paper, ‘Suture (Elements of the Logic of the Signifier)’ was “the first great Lacanian text not to be written by Lacan himself” (Badiou, ‘A Contemporary Use of Frege’, in Number and Numbers, p.25). In simple terms, the achievement […]
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Vancouver-based Lacan Salon updated its site in March with the remaining schedule of reading groups for 2013. You can also find details on their site of their annual conference, LaConference, which is coming up in June and featuring Paul Verhaeghe as guest speaker. As many will be aware, Verhaeghe is the author of a […]
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Jacques-Alain Miller has recently announced the creation of the International Lacanian Institute (LILI) as the international extension of the Lacan Institute based in Paris. The seven-point declaration announcing this news is worth quoting in full, as it contains news of some surprising but welcome developments: 1. The International Lacanian Institute (LILI) has been created. […]
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Marie-Hélène Brousse is one of the guest speakers at the What Lacan Knew about Women conference being held in Miami from 31st May-2nd June. In this video she gives a preview of her remarks on the subject of Lacan’s theory of femininity in connection with changing model of marriage, as reflected particularly in the US […]
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A slightly late recap of the latest news from the Lacanian world in December due to problems with the site. Thanks to all who got in touch – improvements coming shortly. In the debate about marriage for all currently underway in France, some opposed to the French government’s bill have appealed to psychoanalysis to […]
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The death of psychoanalyst Thomas Szasz was announced in September. Szasz is best known for being at the forefront of the anti-psychiatry movement, most notably with 1961’s The Myth of Mental Illness. Lacan refers to Szasz’s work several times in Seminar X (sessions of 30th January 1963 and 27th February 1963) and Seminar XI (sessions of […]
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This is a wonderful story from Lacan’s clinic, as told by Suzanne Hommel, who was in analysis with Lacan in 1974. It gives us a rare insight into Lacan’s method and style and how, by intervening on a single signifier from his analysand’s speech, he was able to effect a therapeutic change. It is recounted in an […]
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With Lacan Quotidien, the daily Lacanian newsletter, taking a break for the summer to resume in September, news from France has been somewhat scattered. This hiatus does however present the opportunity to catch-up on some recent translations into English of the service’s output. Amongst those worth checking out are two from former World Association of […]
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A few people have contacted me recently via this site asking for suggestions of what to read, either by way of introduction to Lacan or for an alternative perspective on his work. The list below are some of the titles I usually recommend to them. By adding it to the site it will hopefully help […]
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CFAR’s annual conference took place here in London on 23rd June with the title ‘Bipolar or Manic Depressive? Lacanian Perspectives’. Amidst contributions from an array of speakers, one common theme was the lack of clarity of the distinction between the various disturbances classed amongst the overall category of affective disorders. Psychiatrist Furham Iqbal, the first […]
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