THE LETTER 33 (Spring 2005) pages 1-21 Introduction I cannot help being struck at the contrast between the Congress that we are participating in today and the 3T’s Conference on the response to suicide in modern Ireland that is also … Continue reading
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THE LETTER 33 (Spring 2005) pages 22-35 Lacan’s references to courtly love in his twentieth seminar Encore of 1972-73 may seem intriguing and anachronistic at first. What can be the relevance of a medieval code of morals, which quite possibly … Continue reading
THE LETTER 33 (Spring 2005) pages 36-50 In keeping with the title of this year’s congress – On Feminine Sexuality, The Limits of Love and Knowledge, I am launching my own questions about love and feminine sexuality by talking firstly … Continue reading
THE LETTER 33 (Spring 2005) pages 51-60 In considering the topic for my presentation today, my first thought was that by discussing The Village. I would give the ending away and spoil it altogether for those of you who have … Continue reading
THE LETTER 33 (Spring 2005) pages 61-71 According to Lacan, there is a fissure, an irreducible gap in the unconscious in the place of the absent signifier of woman and this is where feminine puissance is located. Lacan also says … Continue reading
THE LETTER 33 (Spring 2005) pages 72-90 To speak about love, Lacan says, is in itself an enjoyment, a jouissense. So we must be enjoying ourselves today! And it is indeed at the level of the enjoyment that I want … Continue reading