Terry Ball – Psychoanalysis – A Mapping out – Turning the symbolic inside out

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

Tom Dalzell – Psychoanalytic Treatment of Psychosis – A Later Lacanian Critique of the 388 in Québec City

THE LETTER 55 & 56 Spring/Summer 2014, pages 93-102. This paper attempts to assess the psychoanalytic treatment of psychotic illness at a publicly funded centre in Canada. This treatment ‘after Lacan’ is thought to amount to treating delusions with the patient’s … Continue reading

Guy Le Gaufey – Scholion, A Misuse of Metaphor (in Lacan‘s Notall)

The final part of Guy Le Gaufey‘s book ―Lacan‘s Notall‖ – The Scholion: A  Misuse of Metaphor, translated by Cormac Gallagher, deals with Lacan‘s treatment of the Borromean Knot and his attempt to use logic to deal with the problematic … Continue reading