{"product_id":"studying-lacans-seminars-iv-and-v-9780367027681","title":"Studying Lacans Seminars IV and V","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first collection of essays to offer a comprehensive analysis of, and reflection on, the major themes emergent in Jacques Lacan's seminars of 1955-56 and 1956-57: Seminar IV  the object relation, and Seminar V  formations of the unconscious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssessing the value of a clinical approach orientated around the question of the object lack in the contemporary clinic, the book comprises 16 chapters which follow the development of a range of concepts elaborated by Lacan in these seminars, including sustained engagement with his critique of object relations theory. It considers the effectiveness of these early ideas in clinical practice in relation to hysteria, phobia, fetishism, obsessional neurosis, and of the so-called Borderline case. Lacan's early concepts are also subjected to critique for engagement with Queer theory, and research in asexuality or the operation(s) of the signifier Phallus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapters build to provide an invaluable resource to interpret and eval\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A stellar constellation of readers analyze two of Lacan’s major seminars here, one on our relation to the object and the other on \"unconscious formations\" like dreams, daydreams, and fantasies. Fascinating work will be found here on phobia, fetishism, and perversion more generally, as well as on witticisms, lack, metaphor, the phallus, castration, and clinical practice with children and adults.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eBruce Fink\u003c\/strong\u003e, Lacanian psychoanalyst, author of several books on Freud and Lacan, translator into English of Lacan’s \u003cem\u003eEcrits \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eSeminars VI: Desire and Its Interpretation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVIII: Transference\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eXX: Encore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"At last, a scholarly examination of Lacan’s Seminars IV and V by practitioners who know how to read Lacan and show us the intimate link between conceptual developments and clinical work. This book couples two seminars, enabling us to trace the to and fro in Lacan’s Seminar between subject and signifier, and here from lack to desire.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eIan Parker\u003c\/strong\u003e, Psychoanalyst, Secretary Manchester Psychoanalytic Matrix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Studying Lacan’s Seminars IV and V represents a fundamental breakthrough in the understanding of Jacques Lacan’s thought. Through a series of fecund essays unpacking the intricacies of two of the more difficult early seminars, this volume sheds light on key problems like phobia, the phallus, and lack. Anyone who wants to know anything about the psychoanalytic project must view the collection that Carol Owens and Nadezhda Almquist have put together as utterly essential.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Todd McGowan\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Vermont\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As if live-streaming the seminars, this excellent collection highlights Lacan’s contemporary relevance by putting it into action. Punctuated with clinical material, the book moves with ease between theory and practice, astutely deploying controversial psychoanalytic notions such as lack, desire, and the phallus. Drawing useful distinctions between phobias, fetishism, and perversion, the authors explain the clinical use of dreams and jokes. These forceful essays, all written with verve and clarity, set a model for the transmission of psychoanalysis while providing an indispensable companion to Lacan’s seminars IV and V.\" --\u003cstrong\u003ePatricia Gherovici\u003c\/strong\u003e, psychoanalyst and author, \u003ci\u003eTransgender Psychoanalysis: A Lacanian Perspective on Sexual Difference \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2017)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRUSSELL GRIGG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCAROL OWENS AND NADEZHDA ALMQVIST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePHOBIA\/FETISH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER ONE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing the Urinary Trait: Fantasy and Analytic Technique in Ruth Lebovici’s Treatment of a Transitory Perversion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDany Nobus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER TWO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lessons of little Hans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonardo S. Rodríguez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER THREE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Once Bitten, Forever Smitten\": phobias, fetishes, and small boys\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarol Owens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER FOUR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Phobic and Fetish Objects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephanie Swales\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLACK \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER FIVE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrivation: A Logical Step between Castration and Frustration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRolf Flor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER SIX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsexuality, Absence, and the Dialectic of Substitution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin Murphy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch Ado about More than Nothing: Thoughts on \"difficult\" cases and Lacan’s Seminar IV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManya Steinkoler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePHALLUS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER EIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Phallus of the Fifties – Those Years of ‘‘Tranquil Possession’’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlga Cox Cameron\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER NINE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Phallus: Crossroads or Impasse? Queering Desire via Seminar V\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Meehan O’Callaghan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER TEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo be or not to be the phallus: Lacan, Genet, and Wilde\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristine Gormley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWITZ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER ELEVEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLacan reading Freud: on the relationship of Seminar V to \u003ci\u003eJokes and Their Relationship to the Unconscious\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eP. G. Young\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER TWELVE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Did you hear that Tom’s dick was hairy?\" \u003ci\u003eWitz\u003c\/i\u003e, Cure, and the Transmission of Psychoanalysis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamieson Webster and Marcus Coelen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGRAPH OF DESIRE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER THIRTEEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the Development of Lacan’s Graph of Desire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Collins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePATERNAL METAPHOR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER FOURTEEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFather Love - From Oedipus complex to Paternal Metaphor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMegan Williams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOBSESSIONAL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER FIFTEEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Why Can’t a Woman be More Like a Man?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Signifier and the Obsessional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNadezhda Almqvist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER SIXTEEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObsessional Desire in Seminar V: The Exploits of Tantalus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLorenzo Chiesa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTransitory Sexual Perversion in the Course of a Psychoanalytic Treatment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Lebovici\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090680869207,"sku":"9780367027681","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367027681.jpg?v=1762273063","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/studying-lacans-seminars-iv-and-v-9780367027681","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}