The Desire of Psychoanalysis Exercises in Lacanian Thinking : Exercises in Lacanian Thinking

The Desire of Psychoanalysis proposes that recognizing how certain theoretical and institutional problems in Lacanian psychoanalysis are grounded in the historical conditions of Lacans own thinking might allow us to overcome these impasses. In order to accomplish this, Gabriel Tupinamb analyzes the socioeconomic practices that underlie the current institutional existence of the Lacanian communityits political position as well as its institutional historyin relation to theoretical production. By focusing on the underlying dynamic that binds clinical practice, theoretical work, and institutional security in Lacanian psychoanalysis today, Tupinamb is able to locate sites for conceptual innovation that have been ignored by the discipline, such as the understanding of the role of money in clinical practice, the place of analysands in the transformation of psychoanalytic theory, and ideological dead-ends that have become common sense in the Lacanian field. The Desire of Psychoanalysis thus suggests ways of opening up psychoanalysis to new concepts and clinical practices and calls for a transformation of how psychoanalysis is understood as an institution.

The Desire of Psychoanalysis proposes that recognizinghow certain theoretical and institutional problems in Lacanianpsychoanalysis are grounded in the historical conditions of Lacan'sown thinking might allow us to overcome these impasses. In order toaccomplish this, Gabriel Tupinambá analyzes the socioeconomicpractices that underlie the current institutional existence of theLacanian community-its political position as well as itsinstitutional history-in relation to theoretical production.

By focusing on the underlying dynamic that binds clinicalpractice, theoretical work, and institutional security in Lacanianpsychoanalysis today, Tupinambá is able to locate sites forconceptual innovation that have been ignored by the discipline,such as the understanding of the role of money in clinicalpractice, the place of analysands in the transformation ofpsychoanalytic theory, and ideological dead-ends that have becomecommon sense in the Lacanian field. The Desire ofPsychoanalysis thus suggests ways of opening up psychoanalysisto new concepts and clinical practices and calls for atransformation of how psychoanalysis is understood as aninstitution.

Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 Foreword: For Lacan, against Lacanian Ideology, by Slavoj Žižek 12 Introduction 22 1. Psychoanalysis and Politics after 2017 28 2. The Basis of Lacanian Ideology 44 3. The History of an Impasse in Lacanian Thinking 77 4. The Generic Perspective in Psychoanalysis 94 5. The Political Economy of Clinical Practice 115 6. The Form of the Other and Its Institutional Enclosure 139 7. Groundwork for a Metapsychology of Ideas 158 8. The Idea of the Passe 195 Conclusion 238 Notes 248 Works Cited 268 Index 278 "Recognizing how certain theoretical and institutional problems in Lacanian psychoanalysis are grounded in the historical conditions of Lacan's own thinking can help us overcome these impasses; Gabriel Tupinambá also analyzes the socioeconomic practices that underlie the current institutional existence of the Lacanian community"-- Provided by publisher By focusing on the underlying dynamic that binds clinical practice, theoretical work, and institutional security in Lacanian psychoanalysis today, Gabriel Tupinamba is able to locate sites for conceptual innovation that have been ignored by the discipline, such as the understanding of the role of money in clinical practice.