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==Theory and Practice==
The short glossary below is not intended to provide adequate definitions of concepts.
Lacan's work is peculiarly resistant to interpretation of a static, defining kind.
Though rooted in Freudian psychoanalysis, Lacan's concepts have evolved over the years to meet the requirements of a constant reformulation of psychoanalytic theory.
They are best understood, therefore, operationally, at work in a number of different contexts.
The articles are intended to guide the visitor in his or her own interests and to facilitate his or her own studies, and are thus cross-referenced with links to other relevant articles, external websites and reference materials.
=="No Other Way Out Than the Way In"==
The website, organized in the form of a hypertext -- distinguished by a prevalence of the text in the sense that this factor of discourse will assume ... a factor that -- "makes possible the kind of tightening up ... in order to leave the reader no other way out than the way in."<ref>Lacan, Jacques. [[The Agency of the Letter in the Unconscious or Reason Since Freud]]. 1977, p. 146/.493</ref>
The intention is to provide an accessible "way in" to [[Lacanian]] [[psychoanalytic theory]].
==Introduction==
[[No Subject]] offers a thorough and clear presentation of basic [[Lacanian]] [[:category:concepts|concepts]].
