The Clinical Lacan (The Lacanian Clinical Field) (Lacanian Clincial Field)

Jo?l Dor brings practicality and clinical liveliness to Lacanian psychoanalysis. In this companion text to Introduction to the Reading of Lacan, Dor focuses on the concept of the psychic structures of desire. Using case examples, he explains the crucial difference between symptoms and the actual psychic structure of the subject, a structure that can only be revealed through the discourse of the patient in the psychoanalytic situation. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 The Lacanian Clinical Field: Series Overview......Page 8 Editor's Preface......Page 14 Introduction......Page 18 Part I: Diagnosis and Structure......Page 20 1 The Concept of Diagnosis in Psychoanalysis......Page 22 2 Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Structural Traits......Page 28 3 The Paternal Function and Psychic Structures......Page 36 Part II: The Perverse Structure......Page 48 4 The Freudian View of Perversions......Page 50 5 The Anchoring Point of Perversions......Page 58 6 The Differential Diagnosis of Perversions, Hysteria, and Obsessional Neurosis......Page 64 7 The Pervert and the Law of the Father......Page 70 8 The Phallic Mother......Page 74 9 A New Differential Diagnosis between Neurotic Structures and Perversions......Page 78 Part III: The Hysterical Structure......Page 88 10 Hysterical Structure and Phallic Logic......Page 90 11 Features of the Hysterical Structure......Page 94 12 The Hysterical Woman and Sex......Page 102 13 Masculine Hysteria......Page 114 14 The Male Hysteric and Sex......Page 120 Part IV: The Obsessional Structure......Page 126 15 The Problematics of Obsessional Neurosis......Page 128 16 Features of the Obsessional Structure......Page 132 17 The Obsessional, Loss, and the Law of the Father......Page 138 18 The Obsessional and His Love Objects......Page 144 References......Page 150 Index......Page 154 Contributors......Page 158 Cover 1 Contents 6 The Lacanian Clinical Field: Series Overview 8 Editor's Preface 14 Introduction 18 Part I: Diagnosis and Structure 20 1 The Concept of Diagnosis in Psychoanalysis 22 2 Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Structural Traits 28 3 The Paternal Function and Psychic Structures 36 Part II: The Perverse Structure 48 4 The Freudian View of Perversions 50 5 The Anchoring Point of Perversions 58 6 The Differential Diagnosis of Perversions, Hysteria, and Obsessional Neurosis 64 7 The Pervert and the Law of the Father 70 8 The Phallic Mother 74 9 A New Differential Diagnosis between Neurotic Structures and Perversions 78 Part III: The Hysterical Structure 88 10 Hysterical Structure and Phallic Logic 90 11 Features of the Hysterical Structure 94 12 The Hysterical Woman and Sex 102 13 Masculine Hysteria 114 14 The Male Hysteric and Sex 120 Part IV: The Obsessional Structure 126 15 The Problematics of Obsessional Neurosis 128 16 Features of the Obsessional Structure 132 17 The Obsessional, Loss, and the Law of the Father 138 18 The Obsessional and His Love Objects 144 References 150 Index 154 Contributors 158 1892746050,9781892746054

this Companion Text To introduction The Reading Of Lacan Focuses On The Concept Of The Psychic Structures Of Desire. Using Case Examples, Dor Explains The Crucial Difference Between Symptomsówhich Can Be Phenomenologically Graspedóand The Actual Psychic Structure Of The Subjectówhich Can Be Revealed Only Through The Discourse Of The Patient In The Psychoanalytic Situation. This Work Brings Life And Practicality To A Psychoanalytic Movement That Has Been Misperceived And Divorced From The Daily Vicissitudes Of Analytic Work.

This is a guide to Lacanian psychoanalytic practice. It elucidates the concept of psychic structure that distinguishes neurosis, psychosis, and the perversions, that is so seminal in Lacan's theory. The writer includes clinical examples that demonstrate the crucial difference between symptoms. This concise study offers a clear and informed reassessment of Lacan's ideas and how they revolutionized psychoanalysis. Specialists and newcomers alike will appreciate this examination of a complex figure who was by turns a master, a charlatan and a surrealist artist.