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Lacanian Mojo

Lacanian Mojo is the category referring to Lacanian things & stuff.

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I'm re-reading The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire (again), and today I read this. This is why the Other's question [_la question_ de l'Aurte] – that comes back to the subject from the place from which he expects an oracular reply–

The Imaginary is Ascendant | This has Political Effects

In the argument for Clinical Study Days 15, Thomas Svolos writes: The word or the text is no longer enough, and language now needs an image to go with it, to be linked or connected to the text in the narrative. The image is linked to the imaginary register, and

Lacan's Seminar XI | A Reading

Some preliminary remarks by me, the reader. This post is part of a series of posts about a reading of Lacan's Seminar XI: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis, which was given in 1964. -◉- Before getting going, I want to state a few things as clearly

Existing as an Individual & a Member of a Society

From Using Lacan, Reading Fiction, by James M. Mellard. Various theorists have embraced Lacan because his reading of Freud has placed particular emphasis on several elements that constitute us as individuals and social beings. This stands out to me because it references what I'd call the non-rapport (i.

Speaking at the right moment

I've been doing some work to get ready for some teaching I'm going to be doing in the fall. Part of that work leads me to re-read The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire in the Écrits (pp. 671-702 in the English edition)

Ride a Bus & Get University Course Credits?!

Yesterday I posted about the chapter, Everyone Longs for a Master: Lacan and 1968 [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230250857_7] by Stephen Frosh [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230250857_7#auth-Stephen-Frosh]. I got my hands on a (digital) version of the book this chapter is

Some thoughts on teaching about Lacan's Object (petit) a

One of the books I use in a class I'm teaching this semester is The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves [https://www.amazon.com/Examined-Life-Lose-Find-Ourselves/dp/0393349322/ref=sr_1_1?crid=TFUBG95CEF5U&keywords=stephen+grosz+s+the+examined+life&qid=1648554225&

Different Kinds of Revolutionary Movements

Over the past weekend, I've been able to continue my research into the connections/relationships between civilization, the state, and psychoanalysis I found something I think is interesting in an abstract for a chapter in a book [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230250857_7]. > Lacan

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// The Jouissance of Anxiety & Depression

This morning I woke up at about 5:40 am when my five-month-old decided it was time to be awake. When I picked him up from his crib, he snuggled into me and went back to sleep. At this point in my life, I’ve been through this enough times