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He [[Lacanidentifies]] identifies ''four possible '' types of [[discourse|social bondbonds]], four possible articulations of the [[symbolic order|symbolic network]] which regulates [[intersubjectivity|intersubjective relations]].
=====Four Discourses=====These "[[discourse|four discourses]]" are the [[discourse|discourse of the master]], the [[discourse|discourse of the university]], the [[discourse|discourse of the hysteric]], and the [[discourse|discourse of the analyst]].
* the [[Lacandiscourse]] represents each of the '''[[four discoursesmaster]] by an algorithm: each algorithm contains ''',* the following four [[algebraicdiscourse]] of the '''[[university]]''',* the [[discourse]] of the '''[[hysteric]]''', and* the [[discourse]] of the '''[[symbolanalyst]]s:'''.
=====Four Algorithms=====[[Image:Lacan-fourdiscourselettersLetdis.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Algebra]]ic [[symbol]]s from the [[Four Discourses]]]]
The names of the ''four positions are shown below; '' [[Lacansymbol]] gives s correspond to ''four'' different names to these [[discourse|positions at different points ]] in his work, and this figure is taken from each [[matheme|algorithm]] of the 1972-3 seminar.<ref>{{S20}} p[[discourse|four discourses]].21</ref>
Each [[Image:Lacan-structurefourdiscourses.jpgmatheme|thumbalgorithm]] of the [[discourse|rightfour discourses]] has ''four'' different [[discourse|The structure of positions]] with which the ''four discourses'' [[symbol]]s correspond.
The [[discourse|position]] of the ''four'' [[symbol]]s always remain in the same order, so each [[discoursematheme|algorithm]] is simply the result of rotating what distinguishes the [[symboldiscourse|four discourses]]s a quarter turnfrom one another.
The top-left position ("the agent") is the dominant position which defines [[discourse|four discourses]] are distinguished from one another by the [[discourse|positions]] of these ''four'' [[symbol]]s in each [[matheme|algorithm]].
The names of the ''four'' [[four discoursesdiscourse|positions]] are shown in to the figure belowright.<ref>{{S20}} p.21</ref>
=====MiscellaneousDiscourse of the Master=====[[Image:Madis.jpg|thumb|right|[[Discourse]] of the [[Master]]]]The [[discourse]] of the [[master]] is the basic [[discourse]] from which the other [[three]] [[discourse]]s are derived.
The [[discourse]] of the [[master]] "masks the [[division]] of the [[subject]]."<ref>{{S17}} p. 118</ref>
The dominant position is occupied by the [[master signifier ]] (Si[[Image:SS1.gif]]), which represents is the subject [[discourse|agent]] who puts the [[slave]] (S) for another signifier or, more precisely, for all other signifiers (S2[[Image:SS2.gif]])to [[work]]; however, in the result of this signifying operation there work is always a [[surplus, namely, ]] (''[[objet (petit ) a|a]]'') that the [[master]] attempts to appropriate.
=====Discourse of the University=====[[Image:Unidis.jpg|thumb|right|[[Discourse]] of the [[University]]]]The [[discourse ]] of the master "masks [[university]] is produced by a quarter turn of the division [[discourse]] of the subject."<ref>{{S17}} p[[master]] (anticlockwise).118</ref>
The discourse also illustrates clearly the structure of the dialectic of the master and the slave. The master (S1) is the agent who puts the slave (S2) (O WOrk; the result of this work dominant position is a surplus occupied by [[knowledge]] (a''[[savoir]]'') that the master attempts to appropriate.
This illustrates the fact that behind all attempts to impart an apparently "neutral" [[Image:Lacan-fourdiscourses.jpg|thumb|right|The four discoursesknowledge]] to the [[other]] can always be located an attempt at [[master]]y ([[master]]y of [[knowledge]], and domination of the [[other]] to whom this [[knowledge]]is imparted).
The [[discourse]] of the [[university]] represents the [[hegemony]] of [[knowledge]], particularly [[visible]] in [[modernity]] in the [[form]] of the hegemony of [[science]].
===The ==Discourse of the UniversityHysteric=====[[Image:Hysdis.jpg|thumb|right|[[Discourse]] of the [[Hysteria|Hysteric]]]]The [[discourse ]] of the university [[hysteric]] is also produced by a quarter turn of the [[discourse ]] of the [[master (anticlockwise)]], but in a clockwise direction.
The dominant position of the [[discourse|agent]], which is the position occupied by the [[analyst]] in the [[treatment]], is occupied by ''[[objet (petit) a|objet petit a]]''; this illustrates the fact that the [[analyst]] must, in the course of the divided subject[[treatment]], become the [[cause]] of the symptom[[analysand]]'s [[desire]].<ref>{{S17}} p. 41</ref>
=====Discourse of the Capitalist=====
In a few parts of his teaching (notably in his discourse in Milano), Lacan talked [[about]] a new kind of discourse which caracterizes our post-modern [[society]]: the discourse of the [[capitalist]]. The position of the [[agent]], is occupied by the [[subject]] ('''S'''), who does not address the other, but the [[truth]] (this position is now occupied by the [[master signifier]] ([[Image:SS1.gif]]), the [[Market]]). Through the Market, the [[subject]] ('''S''') can ask the [[knowledge]] (''[[savoir]]''), ([[Image:SS2.gif]]), Science and [[Technology]] to produce [[objects]] to be consumed (''[[objet petit a]]''). This objects are made to never feed completely the [[subject's desire]].
This discourse is not part of the [[social]] bond [[theory]]. We notice that, in this discourse (contrary to the [[four discourses]]), an arrow hits the position of the truth. With the Discourse of the Capitalist, Lacan tried to account for a new kind of social bonds in which [[The Subject|the subject]] become more and more individualistic, egoistic. The Market is here the new Truth which cannot be contradicted.
==See Also==
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* [[Algebra]]
* [[Analyst]]
* [[Communication]]
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* [[Hysteria]]
* [[Intersubjectivity]]
* [[Knowledge]]
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* [[Language]]
* [[Master]]
* [[Matheme]]
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* [[Science]]
* [[Speech]]
* [[Subject]]
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* [[Symbol]]
* [[Symptom]]
* [[Unconscious]]
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