The Letter Issue 66-67 (Autumn 2017/Spring 2018) Pages 55-64 Reconstructing Reminiscences Terry Ball ‘Hysterics suffer mainly from reminiscences’ This paper looks at the distinction between three related but distinct terms, reconstructing, remembering and reminiscences, in order to examine the origins of … Continue reading
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The Letter 59 & 60 Summer – Autumn 2015, pages 57-62 This paper considers the notion of psychoanalysis as a ‘mapping out’ which was put forward by Lacan in his 24th Seminar, L’insu que sait de l’une bévue s’aile à … Continue reading
THE LETTER 35 (Autumn 2005) pages 35-42 Introduction By epiphany he meant a sudden spiritual manifestation, whether in the vulgarity of speech or of gesture or in a memorable phase of the mind itself He believed that it was for … Continue reading
This article focuses on Lacan‘s eighth seminar on Transference, specifically his references to Plato‘s Symposium, and more particularly the attention he pays therein to the interaction and dialogue between Alcibiades, Socrates and Agathon. Addressed will be Lacan‘s specific take on … Continue reading