Academic literature on the topic 'Lacanian orientation'

Jungian film theory has reached a point where it has started to coalesce into a field. It is perhaps timely to take stock of what constitutes that field, and the extent to which a Jungian orientation to film and media is differentiated from Freudian and Lacanian approaches as well as those derived from traditional phenomenology and Deleuze.

El psicoanálisis es una praxis que comprende esencialmente lo que Lacan denominó el dispositivo analítico, definido como el dispositivo clínico de escucha del psicoanalista sobre la palabra del psicoanalizado. Sin embargo,el psicoanálisis no se reduce al dispositivo analítico, puesto que se constituye como una poderosa teoría crítica que abarca diferentes fenómenos del lazo social. Un claro ejemplo de lo anterior puede encontrarse en las diferentes obras, tanto de Freud como Lacan, que apuntaban a esclarecer el lazo social. En este sentido, los desarrollos teóricos que efectuó el psicoanalista francés Jacques Lacan son de suma importancia, al punto de definirse un tipo de psicoanálisis de orientación lacaniana. Como consecuencia de lo anterior, es posible pensar el psicoanálisis en el contexto educativo actual, sobre el que el psicoanálisis lacaniano ha reflexionado ampliamente a partir de la formalización de la teoría de los cuatrodiscursos, propuesta por Jacques Lacan, de la que se extraen importantes consecuencias, que se intentarán dilucidar a lo largo del artículo.ABSTRACTPsychoanalysis is a practice that comprises essentially what Lacan called the analytic device, defined as the clinical listening device of the psychoanalyst on the word of the individual psychoanalyzed. However, psychoanalysis is not reduced to an analytical device, since it is such a powerful critical theory that encompasses various phenomena of social ties. A clear example of this can be found in the various works of both Freud and Lacan that aimed at clarifying social ties. In this sense, the theoretical developments made by the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan are paramount to the point of giving rise to a type of psychoanalysis of Lacanian orientation. Because of this, it is possible to think of psychoanalysis in the current educational context, on which Lacanian psychoanalysis has largely reflected from the formalization of the theory of the four discourses, proposed by Jacques Lacan, from which important consequences have been derived, and which will be dealt with throughout the article.RESUMOA psicanálise é uma práxis que compreende esencialmente o que Lacan chama o dispositivo analítico, definido como o dispositivo clínico de escuta do psicanalista sobre a palavra do psicanalisado. No entanto, a psicanálise não é reducida ao dispositivo analítico, uma vez que se constitui como una poderosa teoria crítica que abrange diferentes fenómenos do laço social. Um exemplo claro disso pode ser encontrada nas diferentes obras, tanto de Freud como Lacan, que teve como objetivo esclarecer o laço social. Neste sentido, os desenvolvimentos teóricos que fez o psicanalista francés Jacques Lacan são fundamentais, a ponto de definir-se um tipo de psicanálise de orientação lacaniana. Como resultado do anterior, é posivel pensar o psicanálise no contexto educacional atual, sobre o que a psicanálise lacaniana se refletiu em grande parte da formalização da teoria dos quatro discursos, proposta por Jacques Lacan , a partir da qual são extraídas importantes consecuências, que vão tentar elucidar ao longo do artigo.

This paper explores the principal reasons for the exclusion of Lacanian ideas from psychoanalytic training institutes in the United States. The history of Lacan’s role in the International Psychoanalytical Association, from which essentially he was expelled, occupies a central place in this story. Significant issues arose also from his practice style and technical innovations, whose rationale remains controversial today. Another major obstacle for the reception of his work is the theoretical framework of Lacanian analysis, so different from that of other schools. Inclusion of its unfamiliar vocabulary and concepts poses practical problems for training programs. At a more fundamental level, the strong antihumanist evolution of Lacan’s thought runs contrary to the increasingly relational and intersubjective orientation of American psychoanalysis. The incompatibility between the disparate languages of a scientific theory aiming at objectivity and a phenomenology of personal intentionality and meaning greatly limits the possibilities for dialogue. The tension between these perspectives cannot be resolved, but a productive exchange between them is possible if they are accepted as valid and complementary ways of speaking about human behavior.

This paper explores some of the crucial ontological implications of the psychoanalytic theory of sexuality in its Freudo-Lacanian orientation. As irreducible to different sexual practices and contents, the concept of sexuality obtains conceptual weight that makes it particularly relevant for philosophical ontological thinking. Starting from the hypothesis that something about sexuality is constitutively unconscious - that is to say, existing only in the form of the unconscious - the paper points at the singular short-circuit of the epistemological and ontological level which is at work in psychoanalytic theory, and which cannot be neglected in philosophical examination of the relation between knowledge and being.

With studies like Discourse Networks 1800/1900 and Gramophone, Film, Typewriter, Friedrich A. Kittler contributed significantly to transforming the history of media into a vital field of inquiry. This essay undertakes to more precisely characterize Kittler’s historiographical approach. When we look back on his early contributions to studies of the relationship between literature, madness and truth – among others, his doctoral dissertation on the Swiss poet and writer Conrad Ferdinand Meyer – what strikes us is the significance that Jacques Lacan’s structuralist psychoanalysis had in shaping the orientation of Kittler’s later studies. His intensive engagement with Lacan galvanized Kittler’s concern with the question of sex and/or gender in the evolution of the humanities as well as his concern with the media history of the university. At the same time, Kittler’s reliance on Lacan led him to a kind of history that is interested above all in the internal logic of discourse. As we see, for instance, in Kittler’s anecdotic treatment of 19th-century physiologist Hermann von Helmholtz, this historiography does not involve any original research in archives and/or museums. Rather, it builds upon existing historical accounts and focuses its analyses on the issue of symbolic structures. Instead of investigating the history of the material culture of science and technology, what is thereby ultimately reinforced is a philosophical idealism in which knowledge and paranoia become superimposed in and by means of an ‘original syntax’ (Lacan).

In the stories of Snow White, Narcissus, and other such tales, we see brilliant examples of identities based on imaginary features. These turn out to be narcissistic and ego-centred identities. The question for the psychoanalyst and therapist is, are there any other forms of identity? A close reading of Freud, informed by the psychoanalytic teaching of Lacan, shows us that there are. Using a Lacanian orientation in psychoanalysis in conjunction with a reading of the Samoan author Albert Wendt's book Sons for the Return Home, we see that there is a subjectivity that is also a cultural identity that is not based on a 'Westernized' idea of a strong ego.

Criticising the discourse of happiness and wellbeing from a psychoanalytic perspective, this article is in five parts. The first offers a brief philosophical genealogy of happiness, charting its diverse meanings from ancient Greece, through Medieval Scholasticism and on to bourgeois liberalism, utilitarianism and neoliberalism. The second contextualizes contemporary happiness in the wider milieu of self-help culture and positive psychology. The third explores the growing influence but also methodological weaknesses of the field of Happiness Studies. The fourth then focuses specifically on the notion of wellbeing and the impact it has had on changing definitions of health itself, particularly mental health. The fifth and final section then turns to psychoanalysis, its Lacanian orientation especially, to explore the critical resources it offers to counter today’s dominant therapeutic cultures. It also emphasises psychoanalytic clinical practice as itself an ethico-political challenge to the injunction to be happy that lies at the heart of consumer culture.

This paper presents an approach for songwriting from a Lacanian psychoanalysis’ perspec-tive based on an ongoing master's degree research. The departure point is related the rele-vance of the unconscious processes already highlighted in musical cognition research. The research establishes a conversation between these two fields – psychoanalysis and cognition – to, subsequently, address methods and theories that enable a deeper understanding of the different relevant issues on creative process in songwriting. Introducing a brief literature re-view and proposing the use of methods such as memorial and genetic criticism. Finally, we present the initial steps towards a methodology for approaching the creative process in music with psychoanalytic orientation, based on the analysis of drafts and personal reports in free association.

This article aims to formulate a notion of authority regarding the psychoanalytic treatment of Lacanian orientation. To do this, we dialogue with Hannah Arendt’s theory. First, we address the distinction between authority in the private and public spheres. Considering that authority is an effect of the hierarchy, which is established from the difference between its levels, it is presented in a natural way in the private sphere, which welcomes the differences. In the public sphere, equality is the determining factor, making it necessary to establish the difference. Then we approach the Roman strategy for establishing authority in politics, namely, its source is an external element to the relationship between rulers and ruled, in this case, the foundation of the city of Rome. Finally, we emphasize the conception of political authority established by the actors of the American Revolution, who shifted the source of authority from the founding act of the ancestors to their own founding act, which is represented by the Constitution of the United States as a result of mutual commitments established between the actors of that body politic. Thus, Arendt postulates that authority results from a hierarchy and that its source is external to the relationship between leaders and leaders, even if that source is not placed as a superior or absolute parameter, but derives from the mutual commitment between individuals acting in concert. From there, we analyze the relation between authority and truth in the Lacanian work, considering that the latter derives from the division between the grammatical and enunciation subjects, which means to maintain this notion in the field of language and to refuse the necessity of a metalanguage. In addition, we take into account the author’s propositions on the authorization of the analyst. Finally, we conclude that legitimate authority in psychoanalytic treatment comes from the manifestation of the truth of the subject of the unconscious as a third place in relation to the analyzer and the analyst, as well as the relation of truth to the transmissible knowledge that takes place at the end of the analysis. Our methodology is the bibliographical research, guided by the search for inspiration of the Lacanian-oriented psychoanalysis by Arendtian political theory.

This paper discusses three styles of psychoanalytic psychotherapy commonly practiced in Aotearoa New Zealand. Judi Blumenfeld Hoadley writes on object relations, Gustavo Restivo on the Lacanian orientation, and Sarah Calvert on relational psychoanalysis and the relational movement. Each author discusses their specific orientation towards psychoanalytic psychotherapy in terms of the historical origins, seminal theorists, and philosophical views. They also articulate the key theoretical concepts, clinical techniques, and unique links to the therapeutic relationship. Finally, the authors point out the specific organisations, training, and conferences available in Aotearoa New Zealand. Waitara Ko tā tēnei tuhinga he matapakinga o ētahi momo kakenga mahi whakaora hinengaro mahia ai i Aotearoa Niu Tireni. Ko tā Hūria Purumanawheri Hoari, arā, Judi Blumenfeld Hoadley he titiro ki ngā pānga tupua, ko tā Karitawa Rehitio, arā, Gustavo Restivo, he titiro ki te aronga ā-Rakaniana, ā, ko tā Hera Kariwhata, arā Sarah Calvert, he titiro ki te whaiaro tātarihanga me ōna pānga nekenekehanga. Ka huri ia kaituhi ki tōna ake tūranga whakapā atu ki te tūnga a te tātarihanga whakaora hinengaro mai i ōna pūnga ake, ngā whakapaenga whakahiranga me ngā tirohanga wānanga. Ka whakaarahia ake hoki e rātou ngā aroro ariā, ngā momo haumanu, me ngā here ki te piringa haumanu. I te mutunga, ka tohua ake e ngā kaituhi ngā rōpū.

Ce travail de recherche doctorale vise une étude holistique du champ des chirurgies esthétiques depuis la perspective psychanalytique de l’orientation lacanienne. L’hypothèse de cette thèse est qu’une intervention dans le réel du corps exerce une fonction subjective qui doit être appréhendée toujours à partir d’une histoire singulière. La revue de la littérature propose une présentation non exhaustive des études psychanalytiques autour des chirurgies esthétiques. Ces études montrent qu’une interprétation des phénomènes subjectifs à partir d’une généralisation nosographique et psychopathologique s’avère réducteur. Le cadre théorique de ce travail a été divisé en deux grandes parties. La première, le corps dans la clinique structurelle, articule les concepts des premières élaborations freudiennes et lacaniennes : la pulsion, le narcissisme, le moi, le stade du miroir et le Nom-du-Père. La deuxième partie, le corps dans la clinique orientée par la jouissance, propose une révision du statut du corps dans le dernier enseignement de Lacan et s’appuie aussi sur la notion de psychose ordinaire proposée par Jacques-Alain Miller. La clinique du nouage sinthomatique, de l’incidence de lalangue sur la chair et l’approche de la jouissance féminine permettent de considérer les solutions propres à chaque parlêtre pour faire avec l’énigme du corps propre. A travers les vignettes cliniques présentées et les quatre cas discutés, ceux de Marie Dallée, Orlan, le couple Genesis et Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge et Jessica Alves, nous prétendons avoir démontré que la chirurgie esthétique peut être appréhendée comme une tentative de solution, parfois sinthomatique, pour faire tenir un corps
This doctorate research aims at a holistic study of the field of aesthetic surgeries from the psychoanalytical perspective of the Lacanian orientation. The hypothesis of this thesis is that an intervention in the real of the body has a subjective function, which must always be understood from a singular history. The literature review proposes a non-exhaustive presentation of psychoanalytical studies on aesthetic surgeries. These studies show that an interpretation of subjective phenomena based on a nosographic and psychopathological generalization is reductive. The theoretical framework of this work has been divided into two main parts. The first, the body in the structural clinic, articulates the concepts of the first Freudian and Lacanian elaborations : the drive, the narcissism, the ego, the mirror stage and the Name-of-the-Father. The second part, the body in the clinic oriented by jouissance, proposes a revision of the status of the body in Lacan’s last teaching and is also based on the notion of ordinary psychosis proposed by Jacques-Alain Miller. The clinic of the sinthomatic knotting, of the incidence of lalangue on the flesh and the approach of feminine jouissance, allows us to consider the specific solutions to each parlêtre in order to deal with the enigma of the proper body. Through the clinical vignettes presented and the four cases discussed, those of Marie Dallée, Orlan, the couple of Genesis and Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge and Jessica Alves, we claim to have demonstrated that aesthetic surgery can be apprehended as an attempt of solution, sometimes sinthomatic, to make a body fit together