THE LETTER 07 (Summer 1996) pages 1-11 There is a well-known saying that informs us about the two great tragedies in human life. The first one is not getting what you want. The second one is getting what you want. … Continue reading
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THE LETTER 07 (Summer 1996) pages 12-20 It is a common practice among psychoanalysts in Ireland – and no doubt in other countries also – to bemoan the lack of awareness of psychoanalysis among the general population. To this is … Continue reading
THE LETTER 07 (Summer 1996) pages 40-57 The radical heteronomy that Freud’s discovery shows gaping within man, can never again be covered over without whatever is used to hide it being profoundly dishonest. When we speak … of a divided … Continue reading
THE LETTER 07 (Summer 1996) pages 58-66 Any coffee break conversation with Irish Lacanian students will confirm Lacan’s own assertion that the concept of lack is not in itself anxiogenic. ‘Ah yes’, people breezily say, lighting up a cigarette, ‘sure … Continue reading
THE LETTER 07 (Summer 1996) pages 67-96 The system of language at whichever point you take hold of it never results in an index finger directly indicating a point of reality, it’s the whole of reality that is covered by … Continue reading
THE LETTER 07 (Summer 1996) pages 97-109 The definition of ‘government’ has been re-interpreted by the conference organisers to include issues of representation in general. I should like to stretch this interpretation a little further, if I may, to include … Continue reading