1st Edition

The Ethics of Psychoanalysis 1959-1960 The Seminar of Jacques Lacan

Edited By Jacques-Alain Miller, Jacques Lacan Copyright 1992
352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

In his famous seminar on ethics, Jacques Lacan uses this question as his departure point for a re-examination of Freud's work and the experience of psychoanalysis in relation to ethics. Delving into the psychoanalyst's inevitable involvement with ethical questions, Lacan clarifies many of his key concepts. During the seminar he discusses the problem of sublimation, the paradox of jouissance, the... Read more
Contents: Translator's Note. Outline of the Seminar. Introduction to the Thing. The Problem of Sublimation. The Paradox of Jouissance. The Essence of Tragedy. The Tragic Dimension of Analytical Experience.

Biography

Jacques-Alain Miller