Towards Identity in the Psychoanalytic Encounter - A Lacanian Perspective

Towards Identity in the Psychoanalytic Encounter addresses the theme of identification and identity in the psychoanalytic clinic as elaborated by Jacques Lacan over the course of his teaching. In psychoanalysis the subject who is summoned “to speak himself”, is by definition lacking in identity. His question is “What am I?” but, as he is only represented by his words, his being is “always elsewhere”, within other words that are yet to come. Thus a paradox: one seeks via speech the identity of a being who, through his speech, is not identifiable. Yet the fact remains, he has a body, and he is riveted to sufferings that psychoanalysis, from Freud to Lacan, identified, which are not accidental, which we call repetition and symptom, and which shift the question of identity, because a One, real, is at play in them. Towards Identity in the Psychoanalytic Encounter will be key reading for the study and research of Lacanian psychoanalysis and all practitioners interested in Lacan’s teaching, as well as other discourses such as philosophy, art, literature and history.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2023
First published:	2024
Authors:	Colette Soler
Translators:	Chantal Degril • Camille Germanos • David Kirkman • Devra Simiu • Daphne Tamarin
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-34203-6
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	0-367-34203-0
Barcode:	9780367342036

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