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Lacanian Psychoanalysis from Clinic to Culture This accessible and insightful book merges Lacanian theory, psychoanalytic case studies, and the author’s personal experiences to illuminate the relevance of Lacanianpsychoanalysisinmappingcontemporarysubjectivity. Using examples from cinema, artificial intelligence, and clinical and cultural references, the book covers major topics within the field, including dreams, the mirrorphase,psychosis,hysteria,thepositionoftheanalyst,thedrive,supervision andthesymptom. Each issetwithin thecontext ofourtechnologically oriented, market-based society and complemented with empirical vignettes. The book’s finalsectionexaminescontemporarysocietyandradicalization. Lacanian Psychoanalysis from Clinic to Culture is important reading for stu- dents and academics in Lacanian psychoanalysis, as well as professionals con- cerned with complex social problems. Berjanet Jazani is a medical doctor and a practising psychoanalyst in London. She is the Honorary Secretary of the College of Psychoanalysts and a member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research. The Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research Library (CFAR) Series editors: Darian Leader, Anouchka Grose, and Alan Rowan TheCentreforFreudianAnalysisandResearch(CFAR)wasfoundedin1985withthe aimofdevelopingFreudianandLacanianpsychoanalysisintheUK.Lacan'srereading and rethinking of Freud had been neglected in the Anglophone world, despite its important implications for the theory and practice of psychoanalysis. The CFAR Library aims to make classic Lacanian texts available in English for the first time, aswellaspublishingoriginalresearchintheLacanianfield. Lacanian Psychoanalysis from Clinic to Culture Berjanet Jazani Lacan and Marx The Invention of the Symptom Pierre Bruno Translated by John Holland The Law of the Mother An Essay on the Sexual Sinthome Geneviève Morel Translated by Lindsay Watson Lacan Reading Joyce Colette Soler Translated by Devra Simiu Obsessional Neurosis Lacanian Perspectives Edited by Astrid Gessert The Marks of a Psychoanalysis Luis Izcovich For more information about this series, please visit: https://www.routledge.com/ The-Centre-for-Freudian-Analysis-and-Research-Library-CFAR/book-series/ KARNACCFARL Lacanian Psychoanalysis from Clinic to Culture Berjanet Jazani First published 2021 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, OxonOX14 4RN and by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©2021BerjanetJazani The right of Berjanet Jazani to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordancewith sections 77 and 78of the Copyright, Designsand PatentsAct 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may bereprinted or reproduced orutilised in any formor by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known orhereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or inany information storage or retrieval system, without permission inwriting from the publishers. Trademarknotice: Product or corporate names may be trademarksor registered trademarks, and are used only foridentification and explanationwithout intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-PublicationData A catalogue record for this book isavailablefrom the BritishLibrary Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationData A catalogrecord has beenrequested forthis book ISBN: 978-0-367-33094-1 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-367-33092-7 (pbk) ISBN: 978-0-429-31797-2 (ebk) Typeset inTimesNewRoman by RiverEditorial Ltd, Devon, UK For B. and my Mum: My two confidantes. Contents Acknowledgements x Foreword xi Thejourneybegins 1 1 Ihaveadream… 6 MystorywithFreud’swork 6 23Septemberinthemid-1980s 8 23September2003 11 2 Ablackswaninthemirror 13 Themirrorphasetheory 13 Thegenesisofthemirrorphasetheory 15 Aholeinthemirror 17 Areturnticket 19 LeSilencedelaMèr(e) 22 Conclusion 24 Bibliography 24 3 Memento:“Ihavethiscondition…” 26 Psychosisandthepast 26 Synth-homme 27 Nopathologyfound 29 Theblackmirror 30 Psychoanalysisandtheclinic 31 Psychosisandcontemporarysociety 35 Conclusion 36 Bibliography 37 viii Contents 4 Insideout? 38 Symptomformation 38 Freudiandiscovery 39 Symptom/sinthome 40 Symptom/synth-homme 43 Conclusion 44 Bibliography 45 5 Founderandinventor:Hysteriaandobsessionalneurosis 47 Introduction 47 Freudmeetshysteria 49 Obsessionalneurosis 55 Bibliography 58 6 Issingularitynear?Reclaimingthesubjectofthedriveinthe eraofsingularity 59 Introduction 59 TheAIisaroundthecorner! 61 Psychoanalysisandsingularity 63 Conclusion 68 Bibliography 69 7 Unlockingadoor 70 Thepositionoftheanalyst 70 Atschool 71 Athome 72 Lacanianorientation 73 Clinicalimplicationofthetheoryof“thepositionoftheanalyst” 76 Areminder 78 Bibliography 81 8 Havingabreakdownonthemotorway 82 Supervision 82 Introduction 83 Historyrevisited 84 Whysupervision? 87 Whatissupervised? 88 Supervisiontoday 89 Conclusion 91 Bibliography 91 Contents ix 9 Aresidentoftheworld 93 Forgettingthepast 93 Thepast 94 Neverland 96 Dunkirk:theshoreofanticipation 97 Bibliography 99 10 Fromfuryroadtotheawakeningoftheprimalfather 100 Introduction 100 Historythenandnow 101 Apocalypticaspiration 103 Hope 106 Bibliography 107 Index 109
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