Mary O’Connor – Some Serious Recreation

THE LETTER 51 Autumn 2012, pages 75-80. Lacan’s introduction to the seminar on the Purloined Letter is couched in a mathematical language which can be a little intimidating. This paper attempts to sift through some of the outer layers of … Continue reading

Jacques Lacan – Psychoanalysis and the Formation of the Psychiatrist

This talk given by Lacan as a contribution to a program of lectures for trainee psychiatrists deals with the place of psychoanalysis in the formation of the psychiatrist, with the treatment of the psychotic as its central theme. The anxiety … Continue reading