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Welcome to No Subject, a comprehensive encyclopedia dedicated to Lacanian psychoanalysis. This collaborative resource provides in-depth coverage of psychoanalytic theory, key figures, concepts, and their applications. Whether you're a student, researcher, clinician, or curious reader, you'll find extensive articles on the works of Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Žižek, and related thinkers.

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Jacques Lacan
Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (1901 - 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who has been called "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud". Giving yearly seminars in Paris from 1953 to 1981, Lacan influenced many leading French intellectuals in the 1960s and the 1970s, especially those associated with post-structuralism. His ideas had a significant impact on post-structuralism, critical theory, linguistics, 20th-century French philosophy, film theory, and clinical psychoanalysis.


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Major Psychoanalytic Figures

Explore the lives, works, and contributions of the foundational thinkers in psychoanalysis. Each section below provides comprehensive resources including biographical information, complete bibliographies, and multimedia materials.


Jacques Lacan (1901-1981)

French psychoanalyst who "returned to Freud" and revolutionized psychoanalytic theory through structural linguistics, topology, and mathematical formalization.

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Core concepts: Symbolic, Imaginary, Real, Objet petit a, Big Other, Mirror stage, Signifier, Jouissance

Slavoj Žižek (1949-)

Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic who applies Lacanian psychoanalysis to ideology, politics, cinema, and contemporary culture.

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Key themes: Ideology, Sublime object, Traversing the fantasy, Act, Event, Parallax


Psychoanalytic Concepts

Explore the rich conceptual framework of Lacanian psychoanalysis. Our encyclopedia provides detailed articles on hundreds of interconnected concepts, organized by thematic categories.

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Fundamental Structures

The Three Registers:

  • Symbolic - The register of language, law, and the signifier
  • Imaginary - The register of images, identification, and the ego
  • Real - The register of the impossible, jouissance, and trauma
  • Borromean knot - The interweaving of the three registers
  • RSI - Real, Symbolic, Imaginary and their relations

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Language and the Unconscious

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Desire, Drive, and Jouissance

Desire:

  • Desire - Desire is desire of the Other
  • Demand - Articulation in language
  • Need - Biological necessity
  • Lack - Constitutive absence driving desire
  • Desire of the Other - Enigma: "What does the Other want?"
  • Fantasy - Scenario framing desire

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