Jouissance : a Lacanian concept / Néstor A. Braunstein ; translated by Silvia Rosman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braunstein, Néstor A., author.

Series:

SUNY series, insinuations

SUNY series, insinuations: philosophy, psychoanalysis, literature

Standardized Title:

Goce: un concepto lacaniano. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Joy--Psychological aspects.

Joy.

Psychoanalysis.

Psychoanalysis and philosophy.

Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981.

Lacan, Jacques.

Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

xiii, 286 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Whether inscribed within the context of capitalist or neoliberal logic and its imperative to "enjoy," as a critique of all forms of hetero-normativity, a liberating force in a positive reading of biopolitics, the point of inflection in the ethics of psychoanalysis, or articulated in the knot of the sinthome, jouissance is either the diagnosis, response, or solution for a wide range of contemporary discontents. Why does jouissance occupy such a central place in contemporary psychoanalytic discourse? What is jouissance the name for? Originally published in Spanish in 1990 and translated into French and Portuguese, with multiple reprints in all three languages, Jouissance: A Lacanian Concept addresses both theoretical and clinical applications, and includes discussions of key terms in Lacan's grammar in order to provide a comprehensive overview of this elusive concept. In addition, Néstor A. Braunstein discusses jouissance in relation to other key figures in the fields of psychoanalysis and philosophy, and turns to literary texts and queer theory to further explore the implications of these interpretations for contemporary cultural debates"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Theory

ch. 1 Jouissance: From Lacan to Freud

In the Beginning

Jouissance in Freud

A Return to Freudian Beginnings

Beyond Pleasure

ch. 2 Jouissology, Logic of Jouissance

Between Jouissance and Language

Jouissance Is (Not) the Satisfaction of a Drive

Speech: Diaphragm of Jouissance

The Thing and Object @

Castration and the Name-of-the-Father

The Barriers to Jouissance

The "Causation of the Subject" or Beyond Angst

ch. 3 Jouissance and Sexuality

Equivocations of Sexuality

Jouissance of Being, Phallic Jouissance and Jouissance of the Other

Castration as Cause

The Three Jouissance(s) and the Mobius Strip

Freud (Lacan) or Foucault

ch. 4 Deciphering Jouissance

Jouissance Is Ciphered

Letter 52

Psychoanalysis in Proust's Way: Jouissance and Time

pt. II The Clinic

ch. 5 Jouissance and Hysteria

The Psychoanalyst and the Hysteric

In Function of Jouissance

Hysteria and Savoir

ch. 6 Perversion, Disavowal of Jouissance

The "Positive" Side of Neurosis?

The Perverse Phantasm: Savoirjouir

Perversion and Feminine Jouissance

ch. 7 @-diction of Jouissance

Psychosis Is Not Chosen

Psychosis and Discourse

Drug @-diction

ch. 8 Jouissance and Ethics in Psychoanalytic Experience

A Langagiere Practice

Pro(pulsions) and Their Vicissitudes

The Duty of Desire

The Act and Guilt

The Immunological Analogy

Letter to His Father

Give Up on Desire?

For Three Jouissance(s), Three Superegos

On Love in Psychoanalysis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438479040

1438479042

9781438479033

1438479034

OCLC:

1112141342