Lacan s major work on love, knowledge, and feminine sexuality ebook written by suzanne barnard, bruce fink. That is to read properly, that is interpretation at the same time as the disappearanceapparition of a subject. Although freud no more than lacan ever used textual unconscious, clearly, the concept would have been understandableand probably acceptableto both. Lacan related bibliographies books on my bookshelf books by lacan books on lacan other books click on the booktitle to go to the internet booksellers, books page where you can buy the book, often at a discount rate, and earn me, the compiler, a commision. And this is precisely what bruce fink does in this ambitious book, a fine analysis of lacan s work on language and psychoanalytic treatment conducted on. He was also a harsh critic of americanstyle egopsychology, which attempts to help the patient develop a strong ego, and which, in lacan s view, compels the subject to conform to social conventions. Rather, writes fink, lacan says that language, as it operates at the unconscious level, obeys a kind of grammar, that is, a set of rules that governs the transformation and. Lacan, fink writes, insists that the discursive field that matters most to psychoanalysis is neither pure writing. He is the author of a clinical introduction to lacanianpsychoanalysis 1997 and the lacanian subject 1995.
Written by a clinician for clinicians, fink s introduction is an invaluable guide to lacanian psychoanalysis, how its done, and how it differs from other forms of therapy. From here he leads us through mathematics, philosophy, religion, and, naturally, psychoanalysis into. In a nutshell, this is a highly accessible and successful attempt to expatiate many of lacans key technical writings. The influence of this book is certain to be immense on theorists and therapists alike as it provides the fully articulated foundations for a lacanian pedagogy, and makes generally available a radically new understanding of the analysts role. Lacan on love is not only an invaluable aid for those embarking on the study of lacan s seminar on transference, but also essential reading for anyone interested in the question of love and human passion. Nonetheless, this particular work is while i think bruce fink is a good translator of jacques lacan s texts, my reading of lacan to the letter. When lacans ego theory is read as part of his attack on ego psychology, it is no longer appropriate to say as wollheim does that hegel knew it all. This book presents the radically new theory of subjectivity found in the work of jacques lacan. This new subject, an effect of writing, verifies precisely what is at stake in lacan s ecrits, as the purloined letter announces it to us. To read lacan closely is to follow him to the letter, to take him literally, making the wager that he comes right out and says what he means in many cases, though much of his argument must be reconstructed through a linebyline examination.
Brilliant and innovative, jacques lacan s work lies at the epicenter of modern thought about otherness, subjectivity, sexual difference, the drives, the law, and enjoyment. Lacans major work on love, knowledge, and feminine sexuality. From freud to jacques lacan and the textual unconscious. Nov 18, 2015 the term subject can be found everywhere in the work of jacques lacan that however does not make the term any easier to define than any of the other terms in his lexicon. Between language and jouissance, by bruce fink, with supplementary notes where appropriate. Clinical perspectives an introduction to lacan s clinical perspectives. Fink leads the reader step by step into lacans conceptual system to explain how one comes to be a subjectleading to psychosis. Often controversial, always inspired, french intellectual jacques lacan begins the twentieth year of his famous seminar by weighing theories of the relationship between the desire for love and the attainment of knowledge from such influential and diverse thinkers as aristotle, marx, and freud. Lacan frequently finds ways to contort descartess famous line i think, therefore i am cogito ergo sum. Reading ecrits closely by bruce fink university of minnesota press, 2004 cloth. Lacan s major work on love, knowledge, and feminine sexuality. This is the most philosophical of fink s lacanian introductory texts, and is thus the best suited for intellectuals and other dentists of the mind. To read lacan closely is to follow him to the letter, to take him literally, making the wager that he comes right out and says what he means in many cases.
Translator of lacan s ecrits bruce fink has authored a number of great books on lacan. Between language and jouissance 1995, lacan on love. Lacanian psychotherapy fills in this clinical gap by presenting theoretical discussions in clear, accessible language and applying them to several chapterlength case studies, thereby demonstrating their clinical relevance. Bruce fink is an american lacanian psychoanalyst and a major translator of jacques lacan. The expression the letter of the law implies emphasizing the way the law actually reads, as opposed to its overriding meaning or spirit to obey the letter of the law may mean that one follows to a t what is written in the text of the law, without concerning oneself. Bruce fink is a practising lacanian psychoanalyst and analytic supervisor who trained in france with the psychoanalytic institute that jacques lacan created. Lacan s return to freud ebook written by richard feldstein, bruce fink, maire jaanus. An exploration of lacan s seminar viii and a clinical introduction to lacanian. Jacques lacan, bruce fink the first complete english translation of lacan s vital, enduring work. Rather than keeping them for my eyes only, i thought i would share them, as im sure theyll be useful. Maire jaanus is professor of english at barnard college.
Lacanian theory has reached far beyond the consulting room to engage with such diverse disciplines as literature, film, gender and social theory. Lacan s own intro lecture is suggestive but insufficient too, imo. Jacques lacan by sean homer, 2005 questia online library. Fink is the quitessential subject supposed to know, if there ever was one other than the unconscious that is.
Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Get free shipping on the lacanian subject by bruce fink, from. Indeed, this is the first book to appear in english that displays a firm grasp of both theory and practice of lacanian psychoanalysis, the author being one of the only americans to have undergone full training with lacan s school in paris. As marcfrancois has written, jacques was given the name emile after his paternal grandfather, who played a more important part than alfred did in the discovery of the nameof the father. Buy the lacanian subject by bruce fink with free delivery. Against the tide of poststructuralist thinkers who announce the death of the subject, bruce fink explores what it means to come into being as a subject where impersonal forces once reigned, subjectify the alien roll of the dice at the beginning of our universe, and make our own knotted web of our. The influence of this book is certain to be immense on theorists and therapists alike as it provides the fully articulated foundations for a lacanian pedagogy, and makes generally. Once again, lacan s preference for logic and mathematics over and above myths or case studies is related to the nature of the subject at hand. Presenting lacans theory in the context of his clinical preoccupations, fink provides the most balanced, sophisticated, and penetrating view. A must read for anyone interested in grasping lacanian thought. The entire thrust of the essay is to lay out both why the.
Bruce fink is a practicing lacanian psychoanalyst, analytic supervisor, and professor of psychology at duquesne university in pittsburgh. In his more recent work, zizeks own introduction to lacan, the cheekilytitled how to read lacan is highly recommended, and whats more, you can read the full book for free at lacan. Presenting lacans theory in the context of his clinical preoccupations, fink provides the most balanced, sophisticated, and penetrating view of lacans work to dateinvaluable to the initiated and the uninitiated alike. The proposition in fact mutes the idea of work that can be shown anywhere and at any time.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read reading seminars i and ii. Fink s lacanian subject and a clinical introduction to lacanian psychoanalysis are quite excellent as secondary sources to. Lacan to the letter is a splendid attempt to clarify much of the confusion that surrounds lacans obscure psychoanalytic writings. Fink leads the reader step by step into lacan s conceptual system to explain how one comes to be a subjectleading to psychosis. Fink leads the reader step by step into lacan s conceptual system to explain how one comes to be a subject. His book will be particularly useful to analystsintraining and doctorallevel students in psychology and the cognate. Lacan s major work on love, knowledge, and feminine sexuality, ed. The notion of a founding act is in fact taken from lacan and the text accompanying the letter from an autumn show makes reference to two founding acts. Lacans return to freud ebook written by richard feldstein, bruce fink, maire jaanus. The lacanian subject by bruce fink, 9780691037608, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. In a nutshell, this is a highly accessible and successful attempt to expatiate many of lacan s key technical writings. He is the author of numerous books on lacan and lacanian psychoanalysis, prominent among which are lacan to the letter. The ecrits was jacques lacan s single most important text, a landmark in psychoanalysis which epitomized his aim of returning to freud via structural linguistics, philosophy and literature. Featuring works from department of english faculty.
The nature of unconscious thought or why no one ever reads lacan s postface to the seminar on the purloined letter bruce fink an overview of the real, with examples from seminar i ellie ragland a discussion of lacan s kant with sade jacquesalain miller part v. Bruce fink has established his place as one of the central authorities on lacan in this country, without peer in his familiarity with all phases of lacans work and in the clarity of his exegeses. Go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store coupons. Bruce fink is professor of psychology at duquesne university and a practicing psychoanalyst. Against the tide of poststructuralist thinkers who announce the death of the subject, bruce fink explores what it means to come into being as a. From a parsing of lacan s claim that commenting on a text is like doing an analysis, to sustained readings of the instance of the letter in the unconscious, the direction of. An exploration of lacans seminar viii and a clinical introduction to lacanian psychoanalysis. That is to say, it is universally acknowledged that. Reading lacan s ecrits is the first extensive set of commentaries on the complete edition of lacan s ecrits to be published in english. Apr 11, 2017 i am very excited to share with you my interview with dr. Professor fink presents something that has not yet been seen in america, and rarely approached with such perspicacity anywhere. Demand forms part of lacan s battle against the approach to language acquisition favored by ego psychology, and makes use of kojeves theory of desire. I am very excited to share with you my interview with dr. The term subject can be found everywhere in the work of jacques lacan that however does not make the term any easier to define than any of the other terms in his lexicon.
Lacan is well known for having paid a great deal of attention to the letter. Lacan couldnt forgive emile for being the sort of father who gave fatherhood a bad name. Bruce fink is a lacanian psychoanalyst and associate professor of psychology at duquesne university. Professor fink s clinical introduction to lacanian psychoanalysis addresses the clinically minded of all stripes, from the formally trained psychoanalyst to the layman who may be in, or in any way interested in, psychotherapy. It even proposes contemporary art as a founding act. Reading ecrits closely first edition by bruce fink isbn. Lacans major work on love, knowledge, and feminine sexuality ebook written by suzanne barnard, bruce fink. What this text offers, primarily, is a helpful gloss on much of what lacan says about subjectivity. Bruce fink, a lacanian psychoanalyst and analytic supervisor, regarding his new book, a clinical introduction to freud.
In the agency of the letter in the unconscious or reason since freud, lacan essentially explains why this is so. These are the readers bruce fink addresses in this clear and practical account of lacan s highly original approach to therapy. Jacques lacan is one of the most challenging and controversial of contemporary thinkers, as well as the most influential psychoanalyst since freud. Jan 04, 2010 these are my notes from the lacanian subject. Get free shipping on ecrits by jacques lacan, from. An exploration of lacans seminar viii and a clinical introduction to lacanian. The concept of demand was developed by lacan in parallel to those of need and desire to account for the role of speech on human aspirations. Lacans description of an ego as an alienated self built out of confusions has nothing in common with the sturdy, helpful agent described by the ego psychologists. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them.
Bruce fink attempts to identify at least a few of the attributes of this term in order to put it to use in the lacanian clinic. Lacan on love didnt really change my views on fink he remains too uncritical of lacan for his books to be genuinely groundbreaking. October 3 introduction to jean hyppolites commentary on freuds verneinung, response to jean hyppolites commentary on freuds verneinung, in jacques lacan, ecrits, trans. An introduction to jacques lacan through popular culture the hitchcockiaya cut montage montage is usually conceived as a way of producing from fragments of the realpieces of film, discontinuous individual shotsan effect of cinematic space, i. Psychoanalysis and the challenge of islam university of. Between language and jouissance, the coeditor of two collections of papers on jacques lacan, and the translator of lacan s seminar xx, seminar viii,and ecrits new complete edition. Minneapolis london an earlier version of chapter 6 was published as knowledge and jouissance, in reading seminar xx. A clinical introduction to lacanian psychoanalysis. Presenting lacan s theory in the context of his clinical preoccupations, fink provides the most balanced, sophisticated, and penetrating view of lacan s work to dateinvaluable to the initiated and the uninitiated. And this is precisely what bruce fink does in this analysis of lacans work on language and psychoanalytic treatment conducted on the basis of a reading of texts. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Drawing on a wide range of literary and cultural references, bruce fink guides the reader with clarity, precision and insight in this pe.
Between language and jouissance published by princeton university press in 1995 errata p. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read reading seminar xx. Fink is a stupendous reader of lacan and a clear explicator of lacan s most difficult and confounding ideas. The lacanian subject, like all of bruce fink s books, is firmly grounded in both the letter of lacanian theory as well as his own experience as a psychoanalytic practitioner. The other side of psychoanalysis aug 25 facilitated by hilda fernandez introduction by hilda fernandez.
Fink also pays special attention to psychoanalytic concepts, like affect, that lacan is sometimes thought to neglect, and to controversial concepts, like the phallus. Im aware there are spelling and grammatical mistakes from sloppy typing, but i will try. Taking within his compass a vast array of traditions from antiquity to the courtly love poets, christian love, and romanticism and providing an indepth examination of freud and lacan on love and libido, fink unpacks lacan s paradoxical claim that love is giving what you don t have. The central concern of the book is the usefulness of lacan s notion that the unconscious is structured like and by language. To read lacan closely is to follow him to the letter, to take h. Booksbruce finklacan to the letter reading ecrits closely no. Fink provides the first clear, comprehensive, systematic account of lacan s work in english. From freud to jacques lacan and the textual unconscious the unconscious is the condition for language. Hyppolites a spoken commentary on freuds verneinung from the seminar. Bruce fink, with his books the lacanian subject and clinical introduction to lacanian psychoanalysis, has established his reputation as the premiere commentator of lacan.