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, applying his ideas to Hegel and Hitchcock, Shakespeare and Dostoevsky. 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. Traditionally, psychoanalysis was expected to allow the patient to overcome the obstacles which prevented access to 'normal' sexual enjoyment. Is psychoanalysis dead or are we to read frequent attacks on its theoretical 'mistakes' and clinical 'frauds' as a proof of its vitality? Slavoj Zizek's passionate defence of Lacan reasserts the ethical urgency of psychoanalysis. 'The only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one's desire' Jacques Lacan. Today, however, we are bombarded from all. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.'The only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one's desire' Jacques Lacan.

Traditionally, psychoanalysis was expected to allow the patient. First published 21 February 2013 23494 How to Read Lacan 3 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. Slavoj Zizeks passionate defence of Lacan reasserts the ethical urgency of psychoanalysis. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under Individual Subcriptions. You are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal Offer, or via your institution's remote access facilities, or by creating a personal user account with your institutional email address. Institution ( see List), you should be able to access the LE onĬampus directly (without the need to log in), and off-campus either via the institutional log in we If you are a member (student of staff) of a subscribing

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