THE LETTER 05 (Autumn 1995) pages 91-107 I would like to talk to you this evening about two interesting subjects. The first one is women, which is always very interesting. Maybe it will become clear this evening why women are … Continue reading
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THE LETTER 06 (Spring 1996) pages 1-23 Introduction You will have recognised that the title ‘High anxiety’ has nothing original about it and is in fact borrowed from Mel Brooks’ comedy about the antics of psychiatrists and psychoanalysts. I chose … Continue reading
THE LETTER 06 (Spring 1996) pages 24-31 In a paper submitted to the British Journal of Medical Psychology in 1943, Ronald Fairbairn, the Edinburgh based psychoanalyst wrote Freud’s libidio theory has remained relatively unquestioned. This is a situation which I … Continue reading
THE LETTER 06 (Spring 1996) pages 32-43 If writing, according to the king and under the sun produces the opposite effect from what is expected, if the pharmacon is pernicious, it is so because it doesn’t come from around here. … Continue reading
THE LETTER 06 (Spring 1996) pages 44-53 One of the most obvious observations that can be made about castration anxiety is that it is very difficult to observe. Indeed, in clinical practice it is very hard to find a subject … Continue reading
THE LETTER 06 (Spring 1996) pages 54-62 In the course of his seminar on The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis, Lacan, in answer to a question from the audience says that ‘For analysis, anxiety is a crucial term of reference, … Continue reading