Lacan the Charlatan

Lacan the Charlatan / Peter D. Mathews.

"What authorizes an analyst to analyze? Lacan the Charlatan makes a significant contribution to this important question and is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of our praxis."--Russell Grigg, World Association of Psychoanalysis "Lacan the Charlatan is much more than a h...

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Main Author: Mathews, Peter D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Series:Palgrave Lacan series.
Subjects:
Lacan, Jacques, > 1901-1981.
Lacan, Jacques, > 1901-1981
Psychoanalysis > Philosophy.
Psychoanalysts > France.
Psychoanalysis > Philosophy
Psychoanalysts
France
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • Praise for Lacan the Charlatan
  • Contents
  • 1: Introduction
  • A Genealogy of the Charlatan Label
  • The Turn Against Psychoanalytic Authority
  • Two Untenable Modes of Mastery
  • The Work of Critical Sacrilege
  • Lacan's Accusers
  • References
  • 2: Lacan the Linguistic Charlatan
  • Linguistic Idealism
  • The Place of Saussure
  • Regimes of Truth
  • Diversion and Strategy
  • From the Symbolic to the Real
  • References
  • 3: Lacan the Mathematical Charlatan
  • Mathematical Charlatanry
  • The Place of the Matheme
  • 'That Was Not Done'
  • Enjoy Your Enlightenment!
  • Mathematics and Mastery
  • References
  • 4: Lacan the Scientific Charlatan
  • A Confession of Faith
  • The Sticky Branch
  • Repressed Power
  • Knowledge and Enjoyment
  • References
  • 5: Lacan the Ethical Charlatan
  • A Tale of Two Books
  • The End of Shame
  • The Man of Pleasure
  • Utilitarian Fictions
  • Sham Jouissance
  • References
  • 6: Lacan the Absolute Charlatan
  • The Unwitting Puppet
  • Three Puppet Masters
  • From Ancient to Modern
  • Playing the Master
  • References
  • 7: Lacan the Master Charlatan
  • The Fatal Flaw
  • The Transference Trap
  • Irony and the Master's Writing
  • The Meta-Charlatan
  • References
  • References
  • Index

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