The Book of Love and Pain: Thinking at the Limit with Freud and Lacan (SUNY series in Psychoanalysis and Culture)

Addresses the limits in treating pain psychoanalytically, and offers a phenomenological description of psychic pain, particularly the pain of a lost loved one.In The Book of Love and Pain, Juan-David Nasio offers the first exclusive treatment of psychic pain in Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalytic literature. Using insights gained from more than three decades as a practicing psychoanalyst, Nasio addresses the limits faced by the analyst in attempting to think and treat pain psychoanalytically. He suggests that while pain is about separation and loss, psychic pain is intensified by paradoxical overinvestment in the lost loved one. Included are discussions of the pain of mourning, the pain of jouissance, unconscious pain, pain as an object of the drive, pain as a form of sexuality, pain and the scream, and the pain of silence. In offering a phenomenological description of psychic pain, The Book of Love and Pain fills a gaping void in psychoanalytic research and will play an important role in our understanding of the human psyche.Juan-David Nasio is a psychoanalyst who lives and works in Paris and was the first psychoanalyst to be inducted into the prestigious French Legion of Honor. David Pettigrew is Professor of Philosophy at Southern Connecticut State University. François Raffoul is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Louisiana State University and the author of Heidegger and the Subject. Their previous translations include Jean-Luc Nancy's and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe's The Title of the Letter: A Reading of Lacan and Juan-David Nasio's Five Lessons on the Psychoanalytic Theory of Jacques Lacan, both published by SUNY Press. They have also coedited Heidegger and Practical Philosophy and Disseminating Lacan, both also published by SUNY Press. In The Book Of Love And Pain, Juan-david Nasio Offers The First Exclusive Treatment Of Psychic Pain In Freudian And Lacanian Psychoanalytic Literature. Using Insights Gained From More Than Three Decades As A Practicing Psychoanalyst, Nasio Addresses The Limits Faced By The Analyst In Attempting To Think And Treat Pain Psychoanalytically. He Suggests That While Pain Is About Separation And Loss, Psychic Pain Is Intensified By Paradoxical Overinvestment In The Lost Loved One. Included Are Discussions Of The Pain Of Mourning, The Pain Of Jouissance, Unconscious Pain, Pain As An Object Of The Drive, Pain As A Form Of Sexuality, Pain And The Scream, And The Pain Of Silence. In Offering A Phenomenological Description Of Psychic Pain, The Book Of Love And Pain Fills A Gaping Void In Psychoanalytic Research And Will Play An Important Role In Our Understanding Of The Human Psyche. Book Jacket.--jacket. Clémence, Or The Experience Of Pain -- Threshold -- Psychical Pain, Pain Of Love -- Archipelago Of Pain -- Corporeal Pain : A Psychoanalytic Conception -- Lessons On Pain -- Excerpts From Freud And Lacan Concerning Psychical Pain -- Excerpts From Freud Concerning Corporeal Pain. Juan-david Nasio ; Translated By David Pettigrew And François Raffoul. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 137-139) And Index. The Book of Love and Pain......Page 2 Contents......Page 6 Translators’ Acknowledgments......Page 8 Translators’ Introduction......Page 10 Clémence, or the Experience of Pain......Page 18 Threshold......Page 22 Psychical Pain, Pain of Love......Page 28 Archipelago of Pain......Page 50 Corporeal Pain: A Psychoanalytic Conception......Page 58 Lessons on Pain......Page 86 Excerpts from Freud and Lacan Concerning Psychical Pain......Page 132 Excerpts from Freud Concerning Corporeal Pain......Page 140 Notes......Page 146 F......Page 150 P......Page 151 W......Page 152 The Book of Love and Pain 2 Contents 6 Translators’ Acknowledgments 8 Translators’ Introduction 10 Clémence, or the Experience of Pain 18 Threshold 22 Psychical Pain, Pain of Love 28 Archipelago of Pain 50 Corporeal Pain: A Psychoanalytic Conception 58 Lessons on Pain 86 Excerpts from Freud and Lacan Concerning Psychical Pain 132 Excerpts from Freud Concerning Corporeal Pain 140 Notes 146 Index 150 A 150 B 150 C 150 D 150 E 150 F 150 G 151 H 151 I 151 J 151 K 151 L 151 M 151 N 151 O 151 P 151 R 152 S 152 T 152 U 152 V 152 W 152