This book provides 18 lively commentaries on Lacan’s Seminar VIII, Transference (1960-61) that explore its theoretical and philosophical consequences in the clinic, the classroom, and society. Including contributions from clinicians as well as scholars working in philosophy, literature, and culture
Reading Lacan's Seminar VIII, Transference
✍ Scribed by Gautam Basu Thakur, Jonathan Dickstein
- Publisher
- Palgrave
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 304
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
This book provides 18 lively commentaries on Lacan’s Seminar VIII, Transference (1960-61) that explore its theoretical and philosophical consequences in the clinic, the classroom, and society. Including contributions from clinicians as well as scholars working in philosophy, literature, and culture studies, the commentaries presented here represent a wide-range of disciplinary perspectives on the concept of transference. Some chapters closely follow the structure of the seminar’s sessions, while others take up thematic concerns or related sessions such as the commentary on sessions 19 to 22 which deal with Lacan’s discussion of Claudel’s Coûfontaine trilogy. This book is not a compendium to Lacan’s seminar. Instead it attempts to capture through shorter contributions a spectrum of voices debating, deliberating, and learning with Lacan’s concept. In doing so it can be seen to engage with transference conceptually in a manner that matches the spirit of Lacan’s seminar itself. The book will provide an invaluable new resource for Lacan scholars working across the fields of psychoanalytic theory, clinical psychology, philosophy and cultural studies.
✦ Table of Contents
Preface
Praise for Reading Lacan’s Seminar VIII
Contents
Contributors
List of Figures
1 Toward an Erotics of Truth: Commentary on Session I
Introduction
In the Beginning…
Plato’s Schwärmerei
Socrates and Freud
A Critique of Intersubjectivity
References
2 “Set and Characters” and “The Metaphor of Love: Phaedrus”—Commentary on Sessions II and III
Session II
Set and Characters
Lacan Introduces the Symposium
Lacan Analyzes the Symposium
Lacan Analyzes Greek Love
Session III
Lacan on Love and Transference
Lacan on Love and Religion
Lacan on Love and Mythology
References
3 “The Psychology of the Rich: Pausanias”—Commentary on Session IV
The Heavenly vs. The Common Aphrodite
Pausanias Having Paused
References
4 “Medical Harmony: Eryximachus”—Commentary on Session V
References
5 First as Comedy, Then as Tragicomedy: Castration, Atopia, and Ab-Sex Sense—Commentary on Sessions VI and VII
References
6 Hypothesizing Love: Lacan and Plato’s Symposium—Commentary on Session VII
References
7 “From Episteme to Mythous”: Commentary on Session VIII
References
8 The Question of the Meaning of Ágalma: Between Hermeneutics, Topology, and Unconcealment—Commentary on Sessions IX and X
References
9 Agalma: Commentary on Session X
Reference
10 Between Socrates and Alcibiades: Commentary on Session XI
References
11 Socrates as an Analyst: A Reading of “Transference in the Present” Commentary on Session XII
The Enigma of Plato’s Symposium
The Terrible Commandment of the God of Love
Transference as an Ambiguous Source of Fiction
Unveiling the Most Shocking Secret of Desire
Socrates as an Analyst
References
12 “A Critique of Countertransference”: Commentary on Session XIII
Banging One’s Head on the Walls
The Analyst’s Desire: Agalma’s Orientation
The Reserve Unconscious
(Counter)Transference in Social and Political Life
Avoiding the Issue
References
13 In the Name of Desire: A Reading of Lacan’s “Demand and Desire in the Oral and Anal Stage”—Commentary on Session XIV
A Critique of Ego-Psychology
Desire as the Beyond and the Shy of Demand
Oral Demand and the Killing of Desire
The Myth of Oblativity and the Gaping Maw of Life
In Praise of Desire
References
14 “Oral, Anal, and Genital”: Commentary on Session XV
References
15 Killing the Soul with Zucchi’s Painting: Commentary on Session XVI
References
16 The Art of Questioning “Real Presence”
References
17 “Real Presence”: Commentary on Session XVIII
Fantasy in Obsessional Neurosis
Aphanisis and the Wall of Desire
A Hat That Does More Than Cover a Head
References
18 The Claudel Sessions: Commentary on Sessions XIX–XXII
Conclusion
References
19 Paradoxes of Transference and the Place of the Psychoanalyst: Commentary on Session XXIII
An Introduction to Lacan’s Seminars
The Psychoanalysts and Their Crowd
Paradoxes of Transference
The Place of the Psychoanalyst
Conclusion
References
20 Beyond the Mirror: Commentary on Session XXIV
References
21 Mind the Gap: Commentary on Session XXV
Introduction
Section 1: There Is No Anxiety Without the Ego
Section 2: Mitleid—Be Wary of Your Humanity
Section 3: The Purpose of Psychoanalysis
References
22 The Movement of the Pendulum and the Spiral Turn: An Analysis of Lacan’s XXVI Lesson from Seminar VIII: Commentary on Session XXVI
Introduction: The Class of June 21, 1961
The Movement of a Thought
Lesson XXVI
Conclusion
References
23 The Transmission of an End: “Mourning the Loss of the Analyst” Commentary on Session XXVII
References
Index
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