Mar 6, 2020 · Can anyone explain Lacan's quote - "Love is giving something you don't have to someone who doesn't want it" - for me?

Lacan deploys the word "entropy" several times in Seminar IX on Identification, and I am not sure what he means by it. What do you folks think? Here are some quotes to consider: What becomes evident …

Nov 22, 2021 · For those who didn't know: this is a site that has all the Seminars transcripted in French for free download, plus Freud's complete works in German.

Jul 7, 2021 · Lacan was deeply allergic to the idea that he might one day be systematized, and his ideas thereby robbed of their transgressive potential. His obscurantism is a calculated strategy to avoid this …

Jul 16, 2022 · Lacan does talk about trans specifically in seminar 19, introducing the idea of the "common mistake", and suggesting that the transsexual suffers from a "madness" of wanting to …

Apr 11, 2016 · Lacan isn't talking about how we conceptualize things, at least as one normally construes that expression, but rather he's talking about psychoanalysis.

Dec 30, 2022 · Is there ever a point when you "understand" Lacan? I've been into psychoanalysis for years, and I've read a lot of books about Lacan. I worked through Lacan's own writings many times …

Dec 27, 2019 · Now Lacan in Seminar 20 uses Teresa to discusses this distinction between experiences which (roughly speaking) can be circumscribed and those experiences (or forms of enjoyment) which …

Top books to start with Lacan? I have done some readings about Freud, Klein, Nasio - any recommendations to get a grasp of Lacan's thoughts and concepts? Not necessarily written by …

Jan 17, 2022 · Lacan assumed that anyone reading his Écrits were already familiar with his seminars. Some people jump into the Écrits first without any bearing from the seminars, and they get …