Difference between revisions of "Graph of desire"
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The [[graph of desire]] is a [[topology|topographical representation]] of the [[structure]] of [[desire]]. | The [[graph of desire]] is a [[topology|topographical representation]] of the [[structure]] of [[desire]]. | ||
| − | [[Lacan]] first develops the [[graph of desire]] in [[Seminar V|the seminar of 1957-8]] in order to illustrate the [[psychoanalytic theory]] of [[joke]]s.<ref></ref> | + | [[Lacan]] first develops the [[graph of desire]] in [[Seminar V|the seminar of 1957-8]] in order to illustrate the [[psychoanalytic theory]] of [[joke]]s.<ref>[[Freud|Freud, Sigmund]]. ''Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious. SE VIII. 1905.</ref> |
The [[graph of desire|graph]] reappears in some of the following [[seminars]], but then all but disappears from [[Lacan]]'s [[Works of Jacques Lacan|work]]. | The [[graph of desire|graph]] reappears in some of the following [[seminars]], but then all but disappears from [[Lacan]]'s [[Works of Jacques Lacan|work]]. | ||
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The first of these stages in the "elementary cell" of the [[graph of desire|graph]].<ref>{{E}} p.303</ref> | The first of these stages in the "elementary cell" of the [[graph of desire|graph]].<ref>{{E}} p.303</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 06:02, 30 July 2006
The graph of desire is a topographical representation of the structure of desire.
Lacan first develops the graph of desire in the seminar of 1957-8 in order to illustrate the psychoanalytic theory of jokes.[1]
The graph reappears in some of the following seminars, but then all but disappears from Lacan's work.
The graph appears in various forms, although the most well known form of it appears in "The subversion of the subject and the dialectic of desire in the Freudian unconscious."[2]
In this paper, Lacan builds up the graph of desire in four stages.
The first of these stages in the "elementary cell" of the graph.[3]
References
- ↑ Freud, Sigmund. Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious. SE VIII. 1905.
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. "Subversion du sujet et dialectique du désir dans l'inconscient freudien." Écrits. Paris: Seuil, 1966. p.793-827. "The subversion of the subject and the dialectic of desire in the Freudian unconscious." Ecrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock. 1977. p.292-325
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p.303
