Gérard Amiel – In what Ways does Psychoanalysis Differ from Psychotherapy?

THE LETTER 50 (Summer 2012) pages 77-83 The evolution of psychoanalysis under Freud, then Lacan, reveals that although psychoanalysis was originally a therapy, that is no longer the case. Today, the true function of psychoanalysis is to bring mankind into … Continue reading

Christian Fierens -Reading L’Étourdit – The Second Turn – Chapter 3 – Sense and Structure

THE LETTER 49 (Spring 2012) pages 23-50. We forsake meaning in order to advance into sense. Castration no longer has the Freudian meaning but the sense which aims at the cut. The teachable starts not just from number but from … Continue reading

Barry O’Donnell – Questions Arising from Reading Darian Leader’s What is Madness

THE LETTER 49 Spring 2012, pages 51-63. This paper examines the representation of a psychoanalytic response to madness in the recent publication What is Madness? by Darian Leader.  Drawing from the comments of Christian Fierens and Guy Le Gaufey and … Continue reading