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The Libidinal Economy of Discourses and the challenges of maladaptation

by philipjboxer on December 20, 2020December 22, 2020

The following note summarizes the current state of development of the Libidinal Economy of Discourses (LEoD).  It covers my initial formulation, the conditions under which I consider it to become a necessary praxis, the diagnostic…

What might it mean to ‘Confront the Real Issues’?

by philipjboxer on June 11, 2020June 15, 2020

The subtitle of Rabbi Tony Bayfield’s book on ‘Being Jewish Today‘ is “Confronting the Real Issues”. What might ‘the Real’ mean within the context of Lacan’s work? The diasporic way is referenced early in the…

Working with a transference to the work

by philipjboxer on May 13, 2020May 14, 2020

Two groups are meeting virtually online every few weeks.  Group S shares journal material with each other between meetings.  Group N does not.  The journals themselves are ‘split-screen’, tracking participants’ progress on their current writing…

What are we thinking of when we speak of ‘The Real’?

by philipjboxer on March 20, 2020April 20, 2020

I read this article in The Guardian yesterday (Vidal 2020). The point he is making is that it is humanity’s destruction of biodiversity that is creating the conditions for new viruses and diseases such as…

What are some good critical books on this Lacanese thinking?

by philipjboxer on March 20, 2020April 13, 2020

What are some good critical books on Lacan’s understanding of transference, counter-transference and the analyst-analysand relationship? This is always a very difficult question because of the way Lacan’s ‘works’ moved through different phases so that,…

How did Lacan differ from Freud in his handling of the analyst-analysand relation?

by philipjboxer on March 20, 2020April 13, 2020

The understanding of the relationship between the analysand and analyst shifted over time for both Freud and Lacan. How did Lacan differ from Freud in his handling of the analyst-analysand relation? One difference lies in…

What did Lacan mean in saying that automatic repetition was no longer related to transference?

by philipjboxer on March 20, 2020April 13, 2020

In his seminar on transference, Lacan elaborated that the automatic repetition was no longer related to transference. What did Lacan mean? Lacan is not saying that automatic repetition is no longer related to transference.  He…

In what sense are ‘inhibition’, ‘symptom’ and ‘anxiety’ the bread that an analyst has to eat in order to earn a living?

by philipjboxer on March 20, 2020April 13, 2020

In order to do analysis, for Freud, what you need is inhibition, or symptom, or anxiety. Inhibition, symptom and anxiety are the bread that an analyst has to eat in order to earn his living….

In what sense was Lacan working on the deliteralisation of Freudian concepts?

by philipjboxer on March 20, 2020April 13, 2020

Throughout his career, Lacan was working on the deliteralisation of Freudian concepts.  What are these concepts that Lacan was working on? In Fink’s translation of ‘The Instance of the Letter in the Unconscious’ in the…

Why is Lacan’s approach to literary theory no accident?

by philipjboxer on March 20, 2020June 15, 2020

Literature provides fertile ground to explore the inherent ambiguity of traditional psychological constructs, and Lacan’s approach to literary theory is no accident. What does this mean? We have learnt from literary theory that what it…

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  • The Libidinal Economy of Discourses and the challenges of maladaptation
  • What might it mean to ‘Confront the Real Issues’?
  • Working with a transference to the work
  • What are we thinking of when we speak of ‘The Real’?
  • What are some good critical books on this Lacanese thinking?
  • How did Lacan differ from Freud in his handling of the analyst-analysand relation?
  • What did Lacan mean in saying that automatic repetition was no longer related to transference?
  • In what sense are ‘inhibition’, ‘symptom’ and ‘anxiety’ the bread that an analyst has to eat in order to earn a living?
  • In what sense was Lacan working on the deliteralisation of Freudian concepts?
  • Why is Lacan’s approach to literary theory no accident?

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