Introduction to the Reading of Lacan: The Unconscious Structured Like a Language (Lacanian Clinical Field)
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Beschreibung
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Joël Dor presents Lacan from a clinical perspective, thus less interested in the cultural theoretical implications ("less" here means not at all) and more interested in the functioning and reconstruction of the human psyche, always with close reference to Freud, which distinguishes this introduction above all from that of Lionel Bailly, who, it seems, is not interested in a reconstruction and further development of Freud but rather in a radical break. The book is divided into three main parts in which Dor explains (1) the structural relationship between language and the unconscious, (2) the paternal metaphor (Oedipus complex), and (3) Lacanian desire. The first part could not be any more clear and comprehensible: For each newly introduced concept, Dor explains in detail the theoretical background (especially Freud and Saussure) making even complete novices understand the complex concepts. From the second part on, however, it goes completely downhill: without mentioning the RSI matrix even once, let alone explaining it, Dor tries to introduce the mirror phase and the paternal metaphor, which probably won't make any sense to absolute beginners. The third part consists mainly of an over-detailed reconstruction of the graph of desire. Whether it was Dor or Lacan that made me drop out completely at that point I don't know, probably a bit of both. All in all the book is a hit and miss.
Beschreibung
Beiträge
Joël Dor presents Lacan from a clinical perspective, thus less interested in the cultural theoretical implications ("less" here means not at all) and more interested in the functioning and reconstruction of the human psyche, always with close reference to Freud, which distinguishes this introduction above all from that of Lionel Bailly, who, it seems, is not interested in a reconstruction and further development of Freud but rather in a radical break. The book is divided into three main parts in which Dor explains (1) the structural relationship between language and the unconscious, (2) the paternal metaphor (Oedipus complex), and (3) Lacanian desire. The first part could not be any more clear and comprehensible: For each newly introduced concept, Dor explains in detail the theoretical background (especially Freud and Saussure) making even complete novices understand the complex concepts. From the second part on, however, it goes completely downhill: without mentioning the RSI matrix even once, let alone explaining it, Dor tries to introduce the mirror phase and the paternal metaphor, which probably won't make any sense to absolute beginners. The third part consists mainly of an over-detailed reconstruction of the graph of desire. Whether it was Dor or Lacan that made me drop out completely at that point I don't know, probably a bit of both. All in all the book is a hit and miss.