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| − | 'The only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one's desire' Jacques Lacan | + | 'The only [[thing]] of which one can be [[guilty]] is of having given ground relative to one's [[desire]]' Jacques [[Lacan]] |
| − | Is psychoanalysis dead or are we to read frequent attacks on its theoretical 'mistakes' and clinical 'frauds' as a proof of its vitality? | + | Is [[psychoanalysis]] [[dead]] or are we to read frequent attacks on its [[theoretical]] 'mistakes' and [[clinical]] 'frauds' as a proof of its vitality? |
| − | Slavoj Žižek's passionate defence of Lacan reasserts the ethical urgency of psychoanalysis. Traditionally, psychoanalysis was expected to allow the patient to overcome the obstacles which prevented access to 'normal' sexual enjoyment; today, however, we are bombarded from all sides by different versions of the injunction 'Enjoy!' Lacan reminds us that psychoanalysis is the only discourse in which you are allowed not to enjoy. | + | [[Slavoj Žižek]]'s passionate [[defence]] of Lacan reasserts the [[ethical]] urgency of psychoanalysis. Traditionally, psychoanalysis was expected to allow the [[patient]] to overcome the obstacles which prevented access to 'normal' [[sexual]] [[enjoyment]]; today, however, we are bombarded from all sides by different versions of the [[injunction]] '[[Enjoy]]!' Lacan reminds us that psychoanalysis is the only [[discourse]] in which you are allowed not to enjoy. |
| − | Since for Lacan psychoanalysis itself is a procedure of reading, each chapter uses a passage from Lacan as a tool to interpret another text from philosophy, art or popular ideology. Lacan is read with Hegel and Hitchcock, with Shakespeare and Dostoevsky. | + | Since for Lacan psychoanalysis itself is a procedure of [[reading]], each chapter uses a passage from Lacan as a tool to [[interpret]] [[another]] [[text]] from [[philosophy]], art or popular [[ideology]]. Lacan is read with [[Hegel]] and [[Hitchcock]], with [[Shakespeare]] and Dostoevsky. |
| − | <!-- The How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon. These books use excerpts from the major texts to explain essential topics, such as Jacques Lacan's core ideas about enjoyment, which re-created our concept of psychoanalysis. --> | + | <!-- The How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your [[understanding]] of [[texts]] vital to the canon. These books use excerpts from the major texts to explain essential topics, such as [[Jacques Lacan]]'s core [[ideas]] [[about]] enjoyment, which re-created our [[concept]] of psychoanalysis. --> |
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| − | |width="100%"| [[Zizek, Slavoj]] and [[Simon Critchley]] (Series Editor). '''''[[How to Read Lacan]]'''''. New York: W.W. Norton. 2007. W. W. Norton. January 29, 2007, 1st edition, Paperback, 128 pages, Language English, ISBN: 0393329550. <small>Buy it at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393329550/nosubject-20/ Amazon.com], [http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393329550/nosub07-20/ Amazon.ca], [http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393329550/nosub-21/ Amazon.de], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393329550/nosubjencyofl-21/ Amazon.co.uk] or [http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393329550/nosub04-21/ Amazon.fr].</small> | + | |width="100%"| [[Zizek, Slavoj]] and [[Simon Critchley]] (Series Editor). '''''[[How to Read Lacan]]'''''. New York: W.W. Norton. 2007. W. W. Norton. January 29, 2007, 1st edition, Paperback, 128 pages, [[Language]] [[English]], ISBN: 0393329550. <small>Buy it at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393329550/nosubject-20/ Amazon.com], [http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393329550/nosub07-20/ Amazon.ca], [http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393329550/nosub-21/ Amazon.de], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393329550/nosubjencyofl-21/ Amazon.co.uk] or [http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393329550/nosub04-21/ Amazon.fr].</small> |
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