THE LETTER 01 (Summer 1994) pages 117-135 Claudel! Why Paul Claudel? In a seminar entitled Transference, where Lacan introduces his long extrapolation on ClaudEl, the issue ought to be, after all, transference. I am referring, of course, to his Seminar … Continue reading
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THE LETTER 11 (Autumn 1997) pages 1-15 Summary In describing the end of psychoanalysis as the arrival of the analysand at the point of ‘subjective destitution’, Lacan cites as an analogy the experience of Thomas Aquinas at the end of … Continue reading
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
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 48 (Autumn 2011) pages 9-30 This is the text of a memorial lecture given by Dr. Richardson in honour of Professor Thomas A. Blakely (1933 – 1989). The lecture was sponsored by the Boston College Graduate School of … Continue reading