Portal:Beginner
🧭 New to Lacan? Start Here
This portal is designed for first encounters with Lacanian psychoanalysis. You do not need prior knowledge. Read slowly. Nothing here is a test.
▶️ Lacan in 90 Minutes
A complete orientation to who Lacan was and what he was trying to do. This is the required first stop before reading concept pages.
① Orientation
Context, history, and why Lacan is difficult. No technical concepts yet.
② Core Concepts
The minimum structure needed to read Lacan without panic.
③ Structure & Relation
How language, subject, and desire fit together.
④ Difficulty & Enjoyment
Why Lacan becomes uncomfortable — and why that matters.
🟢 Beginner-safe
Why Lacan insists the subject is divided and not identical with the self-image.
🟢 Beginner-safe
Why the unconscious is structured rather than a hidden container.
🟢 Beginner-safe
A high-level map of Lacan’s three registers of experience.
Why don’t I see “object a,” the Phallus, or mathemes?
Some Lacanian concepts only make sense after structural grounding. They are introduced later, with guidance.