Difference between revisions of "The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis"
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In 1951<ref>At the Rome Congress of Romance Language Psychoanalysts, on the 26th of September, 1953.</ref> [[Lacan]] delivered a paper entitled "[[Fonction et champ de la parole et du langage en psychanalyse]]" ("[[The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis]]") -- today referred to as "[[The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis|Discours de Rome]]" ("[[The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis|Rome Discourse]]").<ref>"[[The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis|Fonction et champ de la parole et du langage en psychanalyse]]." ''[[Écrits]]''. Paris: Seuil, 1966: 237-322 ["[[The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis]]." Trans. [[Alan Sheridan]]. ''[[Écrits: A Selection]]''. London: Tavistock, 1977; New York: W.W. Nortion & Co., 1977: 30-113]. | In 1951<ref>At the Rome Congress of Romance Language Psychoanalysts, on the 26th of September, 1953.</ref> [[Lacan]] delivered a paper entitled "[[Fonction et champ de la parole et du langage en psychanalyse]]" ("[[The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis]]") -- today referred to as "[[The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis|Discours de Rome]]" ("[[The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis|Rome Discourse]]").<ref>"[[The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis|Fonction et champ de la parole et du langage en psychanalyse]]." ''[[Écrits]]''. Paris: Seuil, 1966: 237-322 ["[[The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis]]." Trans. [[Alan Sheridan]]. ''[[Écrits: A Selection]]''. London: Tavistock, 1977; New York: W.W. Nortion & Co., 1977: 30-113]. | ||
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| + | This paper sets out [[Lacan]]'s major concerns for the following decade: | ||
| − | + | * the distinction between '''[[speech]]''' and '''[[language]]''', | |
| − | + | * an understanding of the '''[[subject]]''' as distinct from the '''''[[ego|I]]''''', and, above all, | |
| − | + | * the elaboration of the central concepts of the '''[[signifier]]''' and the '''[[symbolic|symbolic order]]'''. | |
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| French: Fonction et champ de la parole et du langage en psychanalyse |
Background
In 1951[1] Lacan delivered a paper entitled "Fonction et champ de la parole et du langage en psychanalyse" ("The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis") -- today referred to as "Discours de Rome" ("Rome Discourse").[2]
Summary
This paper sets out Lacan's major concerns for the following decade:
- the distinction between speech and language,
- an understanding of the subject as distinct from the I, and, above all,
- the elaboration of the central concepts of the signifier and the symbolic order.
References
- ↑ At the Rome Congress of Romance Language Psychoanalysts, on the 26th of September, 1953.
- ↑ "Fonction et champ de la parole et du langage en psychanalyse." Écrits. Paris: Seuil, 1966: 237-322 ["The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis." Trans. Alan Sheridan. Écrits: A Selection. London: Tavistock, 1977; New York: W.W. Nortion & Co., 1977: 30-113].
