THE LETTER 14 (Autumn 1998) pages 1-2 Dear Cormac, It is time for celebration, and I have been invited to take part. I do so with pleasure and with embarrassment: pleasure, because it is indeed gratifying to look back over … Continue reading
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THE LETTER 14 (Autumn 1998) pages 3-26 It was the time of the Lie. The following reflection was born in the moment when an entire nation held its breath in anticipation of its President testifying before a Grand Jury about … Continue reading
THE LETTER 14 (Autumn 1998) pages 27-38 ‘Le Maître modem se fiche éperdument du savoir. De toute façon, le savoir est à son service. Il lui suffit que ça marche. Et plus le savoir (S2) veut se faire reconnaître comme … Continue reading
THE LETTER 14 (Autumn 1998) pages 39-61 As the President of the United States of America William Jefferson Clinton signed the new Electronics Treaty at Gateway Computers in September of this year, we are reminded that home may no longer … Continue reading
THE LETTER 14 (Autumn 1998) pages 62-64 J’évoquerai la boutade de Lacan: ‘La Psychanalyse, c’est le traitement que l’on attend d’un psychanalyste’. D’une telle formulation se dévoile une conception de la psychanalyse comme structure, celle de la cure .Ce point … Continue reading
THE LETTER 14 (Autumn 1998) pages 65-86 ‘…why isn’t everyone a drinker?’ de Mijolla and Shentoub Introduction It is a remarkable fact that there is no real substantial psychoanalytic theory of addiction, especially given that Freud had clinical experience of … Continue reading