The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book III, The Psychoses, 1955-1956

Pelt, Tamise Van; Lacan, Jacques; Miller, Jacques-Alain; Grigg, Russell

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“…S1 replies by suggesting that this might actually be the point de capiton of the whole case. "Point de capiton" is a term that is used in Lacanian psychoanalysis to indicate an anchoring point in the chain of signifiers (Lacan, 1993). S1 here is suggesting that the signifier constituted by the "name of the treatment center" was repeated so many times by both T1 and S1 (24 times in total, as revealed by the transcripts), because it constituted a pole of gravitation toward which the case discussion tended.…”

Section: Polipo Willemsen and Vidalimentioning

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The cunning of clinical reason in psychoanalysis: How a case makes use of reflective agents to conceptualize itself.

Polipo,

Willemsen,

Vidali

2023

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

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The process of case conceptualization in psychoanalysis has at times been described by those involved as the progressive emergence of a “logic” that can be grasped only retrospectively. However, there has been little effort to frame this phenomenon in a theoretically grounded way. In this article, we suggest that Hegel’s doctrine of the cunning of reason may be used to better understand the process of psychoanalytic case conceptualization. According to Hegel, historical agents unwittingly realize the logic of history by pursuing their passion for self-aggrandizement. Analogously, we propose that reflective agents unwittingly realize the logic of the case by pursuing their passion for understanding. We illustrate this process by means of two case examples drawn from supervision sessions that were subjected to an interpersonal process recall procedure. The examples are used to document the progressive emergence of the logic of the case in a succession of reflective rounds, as evidenced by the unconscious repetition of certain words or clinical acts. However, it is only at the end of the process that the reflective agents can retrospectively become aware of the logic that was there from the beginning. In this sense, reflective agents may be thought of as the “means” through which a case attains the purpose of conceptualizing itself. We highlight five conditions for this purpose to be fulfilled: time, immersion, passion, opposition, and reflection.

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Section: Polipo Willemsen and Vidalimentioning

confidence: 97%

The cunning of clinical reason in psychoanalysis: How a case makes use of reflective agents to conceptualize itself.

Polipo,

Willemsen,

Vidali

2023

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

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“…As the individual moves from one signifier to another, she or he expects (and desires) to discover the ultimate signifier or the transcendental signified. The chain, however, comes to a halt occasionally, in what Lacan called point de capiton (1997, p. 267) or the point that “produces the necessary illusion of a fixed meaning” (Evans, 1996, p. 151). The desired signified is not attainable, and the subject's search for it leads nowhere.…”

Section: Lacan Language and The Divided Subjectmentioning

confidence: 99%

The discourse of the Other in Martin McDonagh'sThe Pillowman

Kolahjooei

2023

Appl Psychoanal Studies

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As a key term in Lacanian psychoanalysis, the concept of the Other regulates the subject's desire. While it is absent as a physical entity, it commands and shapes the individual's psyche via language unconsciously. This paper provides a close reading of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman to explore the ways everyone in the play is under the control of the discourse of the Other. To do so, this paper provides a theoretical structure based on Lacan's definition of the term and its relationship to language and signification to finally view its various manifestations in McDonagh's play.

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“…This supposed moment of nonsatisfaction introduces a lack into the baby's psychic economy, which compels the baby to cry. The cry, according to Lacan, prior to any function it may have in conveying a message, is already by itself an "appeal to the Other" (Lacan, 1955(Lacan, -1956(Lacan, /1997(Lacan, , p. 287, 1960(Lacan, -1961(Lacan, /2017. Through the cry, the baby's first demands are articulated in their mother's tongue and addressed to the Other in order for the latter to quench the unbearable tension roused by their unfulfilled instinctual needs.…”

Section: Alienation In Languagementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In his engagement with the sign, Lacan (1955Lacan ( -1956Lacan ( /1997) diverges from Peirce's sign theory when he relegates the sign to the level of a signifying unit that embodies a direct biunivocal relationship between a sensory form and a referent (p. 167). According to this understanding, a language that is composed of signs would be comprised of constant relationships between words and objects.…”

Section: Autistic Sign Languagementioning

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The autistic pseudosignifier: Imaginary dialectization of signs in the clinic of autism

Brenner

2023

Theory & Psychology

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Abnormalities in language and speech development are a defining feature of autism. Several psychoanalysts have hypothesized that these abnormalities originate in a unique mode of access to language that exclusively relies on signs rather than signifiers. Compared to the flexibility and dynamism of a language made of signifiers, a language made of signs is rigid, cumbersome, and poor in its capacity to encode complex concepts. This article investigates the supplementary methods that autistic subjects adopt to compensate for these setbacks, methods that enable them to encode complex concepts into their vocabulary using iconic signs. These methods are then developed into a psychoanalytic theory on the use of iconic signs in the strengthening of autistic language in the context of art therapy. A variety of case studies are then used to illustrate how newly gained access to a level of conceptual complexity can also bring dramatic changes to their lives.

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The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book III, The Psychoses, 1955-1956

Cited by 61 publications

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The cunning of clinical reason in psychoanalysis: How a case makes use of reflective agents to conceptualize itself.

The cunning of clinical reason in psychoanalysis: How a case makes use of reflective agents to conceptualize itself.

The discourse of the Other in Martin McDonagh'sThe Pillowman

The autistic pseudosignifier: Imaginary dialectization of signs in the clinic of autism

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