Discourse of the master, of the hysteric, of the University, and the analyst; these 4 modalities of discourse structure our intersubjectivity. A frequent drift in the analyst's discourse pushes him towards discourse of the university. while it is present in the Latin countries, It is the rule in Anglo-Saxon countries.
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The sinthome, this process of sublimation described by Lacan, takes a very special form in James Joyce. This crystallizes in an unusual relationship with the other sex, a form of folie à deux.
Thanks to Gérard Crovisier who brings us his lighting.
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How is repetition automatism a particular form of automaton? This is an attempted answer, (but not very satisfying for my taste). An example is given from a song taken from the album “Mechanical Music” by Carla Bley.
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We talk about choice and free will; J. Lacan showed, by mathematical examples that the choices of the present are constrained by the past of the subject. This session will continue in the workshop #17, more specifically focused on the repetition automatism
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The phallus, object so different from the penis, has among other particularity, of only being able to be possessed by one at any given time. What does it confer to the possessor and to the one who is lacking?
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The passage of an object of reality into an object of desire is drastically transformed when a fundamental signifier is foreclosed. The object of reality is then transformed into hallucination.
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Global Center for Advanced Studies is hosting a series of lectures about
Freudian-Lacanian psychoanalysis
What is the proximity between the objects that our senses perceive and the conscience that we have on them? If it is very minute, then part of our objects of desire is hallucinatory.
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The projective plan has been used widely by Jacques Lacan, mainly in its cross-cap presentation. What is a projective plane? Is the cross-cap the most relevant way to account for the human psyche?
On the railroad tracks:
— the discourse of the master says: “the railroad tracks are parallel”
— the discourse of the hysterical says: “I see tracks are converging toward a common point”
— the discourse of the university says: “the tracks are parallel and converge in a projective point”
— the discourse of the analyst says: “the subject is structured as a projective space”
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The pass in intension or in extension, psychoanalysis in intension or in extension, What is it when Lacan uses these terms? It seems that he uses these qualifications in a quite remote sense than the one they have in logics
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