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JACQUES LACAN AND THE LOGIC OF STRUCTURE Lacan postulated that the psyche can be understood by means ofcertain structures, which control our lives and our desires, and which operate differently at different logical moments or stages of formation. jacques Lacan and the Logic of Structure offers us a reading ofthe major concepts ofLacan in terms of his later topological theory and aims to show how this was always a concern for Lacan and not only issue in the last seminars. an Ellie Ragland discusses how various stages of formation can be uncovered topologically within language itself, and operate to place certain properties— fantasy, the drive, jouissance, discourse and ethics in language itself. In this way she explores not only how language actually works in tandem with the properties, but also gives a different idea of what knowledge actually is and what implications that may have for reimagining and reworking differential/diagnostic structures. jacques Lacan and the Logic ofStructure is a compelling exponent ofthe innovative approaches Lacan takes to rethinking what psychoanalysis is and what it can do to enlighten psychoanalysts and treat patients. It will be essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychoanalytic psychotherapists and training graduate students in the ?elds of ?lm, literary, gender and cultural studies. Ellie Ragland is Professor of English and Honorary French Professor as well as Frederick A. Middlebush Chair at the University of Missouri where she teaches psychoanalytic theory and world literature. She is author of seven authored and edited books on Lacanian psychoanalysis. She is a practicing psychoanalyst and is a member of the New Lacanian School and the World Association of Psychoanalysis. JACQUES LACAN AND THE LOGIC OF STRUCTURE Topology and language in psychoanalysis Ellie Ragland Rou?edge Taylor&Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 2015 by Routledge 27 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2FA and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, NewYork, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint qf the Taylor 8 Francis Group, an informa business ? 2015 Ellie Ragland The right of Ellie Ragland to be identi?ed as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identi?cation and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library qf Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Ragland—Sullivan, Ellie, 1941— ]acques Lacan and the logic of structure: Lacanian structures and language in psychoanalysis / Ellie Ragland.—First Edition. pages cm 1. Lacan,]acques, 1901—1981. 2. Psycholinguistics. 3. Psychoanalysis. 4.Topology. I.Title. BF455.R263 2015 150.19'5092—dc23 2014049473 ISBN: 978-0—415—72131—8 (hbk) ISBN: 978—0-415-72132—5 (pbk) ISBN: 978—1—315—77432—9 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by Keystroke. Station Road, Codsall,Wolverhampton CONTENTS Note references vii on Introduction The logic of structure in Lacan: the structure of the subject 19 2 Some re?ections on Lacan’s theory of discourse structures as set out in “To jakobson” 45 3 The structure of Lacan’s object a 78 4 The structure of the drives: where body and mind join 104 5 The topological dimension of Lacanian optics 118 6 The practice of the letter and topological structure 130 7 Kant’s Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone, read in relation to Lacan’s Seminar VII: The Ethics of Psychoanalysis 144 Conclusion 163 Index 171 NOTE ON REFERENCES The following abbreviations are used when referring to other works: S. [x] The Seminar, Boole [x], the standard edition of Lacan’s works, as published in New York by Norton BPP Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Freud’s 1920 essay SE The standard edition of Freud’s work, published in London by Hogarth Press NFF Newsletter of the Freudian Field (a journal) PFC Four Fundamental Concepts (Lacan’s Seminar XI)
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