Talking to Brick Walls: A Series of Presentations in the Chapel at Sainte-Anne Hospital
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (810 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0745682421 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorJacques Lacan (1901-81) was one of the twentieth century?s most influential thinkers. His works include ?crits, The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis and the many volumes of The Seminar.
I'm speaking by myself. Admittedly things were no better before, but tomorrow they could be far worse."Jacques-Alain Miller. A wise lesson for an era, this era of ours, that has seen bureaucracy, arm in arm with science, dreaming of changing humankind in its deepest reaches – through propaganda, through direct manipulation of the brain, through biotechnology, and even through social engineering. And this is precisely what interests you. "'I've been talking to brick walls,' says Lacan, meaning: 'Neither to you, nor to the Big Other. It's up to you to interpret me.' These brick walls are those of the chapel at Sainte-Anne hospital. One gains access to it by the path of truth (the analysand ventures to say what comes to mind, frankly and with no frills) when it comes to an end in
Jacques Lacan (1901-81) was one of the twentieth century?s most influential thinkers. His works include ?crits, The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis and the many volumes of The Seminar.