The Subject of Psychosis: A Lacanian Perspective
This book discusses what Jacques Lacan's oeuvre contributes to our understanding of psychosis. Presenting a close reading of original texts, Stijn Vanheule proposes that Lacan's work on psychosis can best be framed in terms of four broad periods.
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The Subject of Psychosis: A Lacanian Perspective Stijn Vanheule Ghent University, Belgium
© Stijn Vanheule 2011 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2011 978-0-230-27664-2 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2011 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
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Contents
List of Figures
vi
Acknowledgements
vii
Introduction
1
Part I First Era: The Age of Imaginary Identification 1 Psychosis as a Disorder at the Level of the Imaginary
9
Part II Second Era: The Age of the Signifier 2 Towards a Structural Study of Psychosis
33
3 Foreclosure and Its Vicissitudes
50
4 A Novel Approach to Hallucinations
81
5 Delusions Scrutinized
96
Part III Third Era: The Age of the Object a 6 The Object a and Jouissance in Psychosis
125
Part IV Fourth Era: The Age of the Knot 7 Psychosis within the Logic of Knotting and Linking
151
Notes
172
References
179
Index
188
v
List of Figures
2.1 2.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 6.1 6.2 7.1 7.2 7.3
Signifier and signified The logic of signification Metonymy Signifier and signified Metaphor (I) Metaphor (II) Impact of the signifier on the signified Metaphor of the Name-of-the-Father Maternal desire The Name-of-the-Father substitutes maternal desire Recognition between master and slave T
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