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In Seminar XI (1964) Lcan sought to distinguish his own conception of the unconscious from Freud's and more systematically formualte what is ''beyond'' language and structure.
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He also repalced the linguistic categories of [[metaphor]] and [[metonymy]] with the new concepts of [[alienation]] and [[separation]].
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The processes of alienation and separation are closely linked to the psychoanalytic conception of desire and the drive.
  
 
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Revision as of 11:10, 11 May 2006

Introduction

In Seminar XI (1964) Lcan sought to distinguish his own conception of the unconscious from Freud's and more systematically formualte what is beyond language and structure.

He also repalced the linguistic categories of metaphor and metonymy with the new concepts of alienation and separation.

The processes of alienation and separation are closely linked to the psychoanalytic conception of desire and the drive.

Formations of the Unconscious

The Unconscious as Gap or Rupture

The Unconscious is Structured like a Language

The Unconscious is the Discourse of the Other

Alienation and Separation

The Lacanian Subject

The Drive

Hamlet and the Tragedy of Desire

Summary