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How does Lacan’s ‘analyst’ differ from Freud’s?

by philipjboxer on March 20, 2020April 13, 2020

In Lacan’s view, the analysand is not ‘analysed’ by the analyst; it is the analysand who analyses, and the task of the analyst is to help him to analyse well. What does this mean and…

How did Lacan define counter-transference?

by philipjboxer on March 20, 2020April 13, 2020

Lacan defines counter-transference as “the sum total of the analyst’s biases, passions, and difficulties”. What does Lacan mean here? Lacan uses the metaphor of a game of contract bridge to unpack what he means here. …

How did Lacan define transference?

by philipjboxer on March 20, 2020April 13, 2020

Lacan, like Freud before him, addressed the transference in a number of different ways through the development of his theoretical work. How did Lacan define transference and counter-transference? With transference, which is spoken about in…

The small-s/Big-S distinction and its relation to the structure of père-version

by philipjboxer on December 13, 2016January 10, 2021

by Philip Boxer BSc MBA PhD I am writing this blog to clarify the implications of the distinction between the small-s symbolic and the big-S Symbolic which is present in a number of previous blogs: Difficulties…

On psychoanalysing organisations and using psychoanalytic language: are we entering a third epoch?

by philipjboxer on October 8, 2016December 5, 2018

by Philip Boxer BSc MBA PhD Yiannis Gabriel has written a paper on psychoanalysis and organisation studies.[1] He usefully distinguishes two epochs: A first epoch, defined by the practice of clinicians ‘psychoanalysing organisations’ through the metaphor…

The burden imposed by the requirements for abstract thought

by philipjboxer on August 9, 2016

by Philip Boxer BSc MBA PhD A colleague of mine, Larry Hirschhorn, had the following to say about his experience of the difficulties of ISPSO members speaking to each other about their differing readings of…

Formulating network interventions

by philipjboxer on July 13, 2016December 5, 2018

by Philip Boxer BSc MBA PhD The plus-one process starts with the narrating of an originating situation[1], taken by the speaker to present some kind of challenge. The process generates three metaphors that point towards…

Working with the subject’s relation to the unconscious within the context of an organisation and its ecosystem

by philipjboxer on April 18, 2016

by Philip Boxer Lacan returns to Freud’s 4-part structure of the drive: a gap[1] – an experienced edge or limit to being able to give meaning; an object[2] – some structuring of behavior that is related…

What might make translation difficult from a Lacanian reading to a Kleinian reading of Freud?

by philipjboxer on May 29, 2015April 12, 2020

The following exchange between Simon and Mike shows us something of the difficulty of translating between Kleinian and Lacanian readings: Simon: Thanks Mike for thought provoking quotes about the Czech Pavilion Quote on illusions.[1] Freeing…

The ISPSO listserve: our parallel process in (not) working through differences

by philipjboxer on February 5, 2015December 5, 2018

There has been a thread running on the ISPSO listserve, triggered originally by the recent tragic events at Charlie in Paris. I have found this ISPSO thread impossible to read as a dialogue, now with…

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