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Taking us into and beyond the realm of [[Freud]]ian [[psychoanalysis]], [[Lacan]] examines the [[psychoses]]' inescapable connection to the [[symbolic]] process through which [[signifier]] is joined with [[signified]].
Lacan deftly navigates the ontological levels of the [[symbolic]], the [[imaginary]], and the [[real]] to explain [[psychosis]] as "[[foreclosure]]," or rejection of the primordial [[signifier]].
Then, bridging the gap between the [[theoretical]] and the [[practical]], [[Lacan]] discusses the implications for [[treatment]].
In these lectures on the [[psychoses]], [[Lacan]]'s renowned theory of [[metaphor]] and [[metonymy]], along with the concept of the "quilting point," appears for the first time.
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* ''[[Seminar III|Le Séminaire. Livre III. Les psychoses, 1955-56]]''. Ed. [[Jacques-Alain Miller]]. Paris: Seuil, 1981 [''[[Seminar III|The Seminar. Book III. The Psychoses, 1955-56]]''. Trans. Russell Grigg. London: Routledge, 1993].
=====Back Cover=====Taking us into and beyond the realm of [[Freud]]ian [[psychoanalysis]], [[Lacan]] examines the [[psychoses]]' inescapable connection to the [[symbolic]] process through which [[signifier]] is joined with [[signified]]. [[Lacan]] deftly navigates the ontological levels of the [[symbolic]], the [[imaginary]], and the [[real]] to explain [[psychosis]] as "[[foreclosure]]," or rejection of the primordial [[signifier]]. Then, bridging the [[gap]] between the [[theoretical]] and the [[practical]], [[Lacan]] discusses the implications for [[treatment]]. In these lectures on the [[psychoses]], [[Lacan]]'s renowned theory of [[metaphor]] and [[metonymy]], along with the concept of the "quilting point," appears for the first time. =====Short Summary===== Only the first half of the [[seminar ]] is explicitly concerned with questions of [[psychosis]] and [[psychosis|psychotic phenomenon]].
The second half looks at [[hysteria]], the relationship between the [[signifier]] and the [[signified]] and finally issues of [[metaphor]] and [[metonymy]].
Sometimes controversial, invariably fascinating, [[Lacan]]'s psycholinguistic approach to analysis of the [[psychoses]] is seen here in virtually unmediated form.
== Psychosis ==
