Freud and the Desire of the Psychoanalyst (The Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research Library (CFAR))

Freud's invention of psychoanalysis was based on his own desire to know something about the unconscious, but what have been the effects of this original desire on psychoanalysis ever since? How has Freud's desire created symptoms in the history of psychoanalysis? Has it helped or hindered its transmission? Exploring these questions brings Serge Cottet to Lacan's concept of the psychoanalyst's desire: less a particular desire like Freud's and more a function, this is what allows analysts to operate in their practice. It emerges during analysis and is crucial in enabling the analysand to begin working with the unconscious of others when they take on the position of analyst themselves. What is this function and how can it be traced in Freud's work? Cottet's book, first published in 1982 and revised in 1996, is a classic of Lacanian psychoanalysis. It is not only a scholarly study of Freud and Lacan, but a thought-provoking introduction to the key issues of Lacanian psychoanalysis. Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. I From The Hysteric To Freud's Desire -- Ch. One Freud's Analytic Act -- Ch. Two Capturing The Unconscious -- Ch. Three Between Two Passions: The Real And The Signifier -- Ch. Four On Freud's Transference -- Ch. Five The Case Of Freud -- Pt. Ii The Passion For Origins -- Ch. Six Questioning The Desire For Truth -- Ch. Seven Truth And Certitude -- Ch. Eight Reaching The Real Through Constructions -- Ch. Nine Freud's Excavations And The Archaeologist's Desire -- Ch. Ten Successful Paranoia -- Ch. Eleven The Freudian Myth -- Pt. Iii Freudian Ethics -- Ch. Twelve The Ethics Of Desire -- Ch. Thirteen Strategy And Tactics -- Ch. Fourteen The Analyst's Ideals -- Ch. Fifteen Desire And Its Discontents -- Pt. Iv The Desire Of The Other -- Ch. Sixteen The Psychoanalyst's Action -- Ch. Seventeen Socrates's Desire -- Ch. Eighteen The De-being Of The Analyst. Serge Cottet ; Translated By Beatrice Khiara, John Holland, And Kate Gilbert. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 179-187) And Index.