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<i><blockquote>Writing is distinguished by a prevalence of the text in the sense that this factor of discourse will assume in this essay a factor that makes possible the kind of tightening up that I like in order to leave the reader no other way out than the way in, which I prefer to be difficult. In that sense, then, this will not be writing.</i><BR>Jacques Lacan</blockquote>
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Welcome to [[No Subject]], a free online encyclopedia for information related to [[Lacan]]ian [[psychoanalysis]].
  
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Welcome to [[No Subject]], a free online resource for information related to the fields of [[psychoanalysis]], [[politics]], and [[philosophy]].
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The website permits what [[French]] [[psychoanalysis|psychoanalyst]] [[Jacques Lacan]] called a "kind of tightening up" that "leave[s] 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>
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We have {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} pages about [[psychoanalysis]], [[psychoanalytic theory]], [[Sigmund Freud]], [[Jacques Lacan]], [[Slavoj Zizek]] and related [[ideas]].
  
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This "prevalence of the [[text]] ... makes possible the kind of tightening up" that for [[Jacques Lacan]] "leaves the reader ''no [[other]] way out than the way in''."<ref>{{L}} [[The Agency of the Letter in the Unconscious or Reason Since Freud]]. 1977, p. 146</ref>
  
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<blockquote>The short glossary below is not intended to provide adequate definitions of concepts. To do so would be quite alien to the nature of Lacan's work, which 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. However, some of the terms do call for comment, if only by way of introduction.  [...]  In certain cases, however, Lacan has preferred that a term be left entirely unglossed, on the grounds that any comment would prejudice its effective operation.</blockquote>
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[[No Subject]] is a free encyclopedia of [[Lacan]]ian [[psychoanalysis]] that was inaugurated during the summer of 2006 by [[Mark Olynciw]], and is the product of an active and growing community of users.  
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Latest revision as of 15:08, 27 May 2019

The Borromean knot

Welcome to No Subject, a free online encyclopedia for information related to Lacanian psychoanalysis.

It is written collaboratively by an active and growing community of users.

We have 4,366 pages about psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic theory, Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Zizek and related ideas.

The information is organized in the form of a hypertext, a cross-referential database with non-linear navigational structure.

This "prevalence of the text ... makes possible the kind of tightening up" that for Jacques Lacan "leaves the reader no other way out than the way in."[1]

No Subject is concerned only with providing this "way in".

Please visit the Community Portal to get involved or the help page to learn more about the site. Feel free to ask questions in the forum.


No Subject is a free encyclopedia of Lacanian psychoanalysis that was inaugurated during the summer of 2006 by Mark Olynciw, and is the product of an active and growing community of users.

Like most wikis, it is designed to be a collaborative effort and virtually every page of the archive can be edited by our registered users.

As of December 2006, there were 2,602 articles within the No Subject wiki.

For helpful information on how to get involved, consult the community portal.

  1. ↑ Lacan, Jacques. The Agency of the Letter in the Unconscious or Reason Since Freud. 1977, p. 146
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