Graph of desire
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.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag;
refs with no name must have content
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."[1]
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.[2]
- ↑ 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
