About

Welcome to No Subject, a free online resource for information related to the fields of psychoanalysis, philosophy and politics.

Community

No Subject is intended as a community-driven website, where visitors come -- not only to find information / acquire knowledge -- but also to share their own, in a collaborative manner.

Everyone is invited to contribute by clicking on the "edit" tab in the article one wishes to improve.

The information presented here is continually edited and improved over time, often provoking intense discussion, debate and argument.

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."

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 concepts.

The articles are written in a clear, immensely readable, systematic style.