“…The work of Michel Foucault has proved an important influence in the arena of the critical and theoretical psychology that Theory & Psychology has done so well to explore over the last 20 years. This has proved the case not only methodologically (Hook, 2001;Ibáñez, 1991;Yates & Hiles, 2010), but also in terms of plotting the relation between power and subjectivity (Amigot & Pujal, 2009;Guilfoyle, 2007;Hook, 2003;Joy, 1993). While the current paper wishes to make a contribution to this literature, it hopes to do so via means of an adjunct to Foucault's theorization of power provided by another French intellectual whose work has itself gained increasing prominence in Theory & Psychology over the last several years (Dunker, 2008;Malone, 2000Malone, , 2007Malone, , 2008Parker, 2005Parker, , 2008Shingu & Funaki, 2008;Vanheule & Verhaeghe, 2001;Webb & Sells, 1995): Jacques Lacan.…”