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First Writings

Jacques Lacan Russell Grigg

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English
Polity Press
18 October 2024
Before he became an analyst, Lacan was a psychiatrist. The articles in the present volume would not be being republished if they didn’t invite us to read them retroactively. What can they teach us about the formation of this future analyst?

Lacan’s clinical approach is rooted in the uniqueness of each case, which is only ever chosen for its “singularity”. Each one must necessarily present an “original character” or be “atypical”. One might recognise from the outset an orientation towards the “one-by-one” required by the practice of psychoanalysis.

The singularity of each case re-occurs at the level of the clinical details, studied with a concern for precision that extends down to the smallest detail, to the point where the observation may seem labyrinthine to the reader. Lacan will later declare his taste for “fidelity to the symptom’s formal envelope”.

Three other features carry traces of the future. There is the use of the word “structure” to refer to the organisation of an entity that forms a whole, separate from other entities, and detached from the concept of development. There is the importance given to the analysis of the writings of patients. And then there is the related connection established between symptoms and literary creations.
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Imprint:   Polity Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 221mm,  Width: 145mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   272g
ISBN:   9781509561308
ISBN 10:   1509561307
Pages:   128
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Translator’s Note   Foreword by Jacques-Alain Miller      Abasia in a Woman Traumatised by War    Simultaneous Madness Structure of the Paranoiac Psychoses    “Inspired” Writings: Schizography  The Problem of Style and the Psychiatric Conception of Paranoiac Forms of Experience Motives of Paranoiac Crime: The Papin Sisters’ Crime   Psychology and Aesthetics     Hallucinations and Delusions  References Notes

Jacques Lacan (1901-1981) was one of the twentieth century’s most influential thinkers.  His many works include Écrits, The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psycho-analysis and the many volumes of The Seminar.

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