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The [[cartel]] is the, basic working unit on which [[Lacan]] based his [[school]] of [[psychoanalysis]], the [[Ecole Freudienne de Psychanalyse]] (EFP).
 
  
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Most Lacanian associations continue to organise work in [[cartel]]s today.
 
  
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The [[cartel]] is essentially a study group consisting of three to five people (though [[Lacan]] considers four the optimum number), plus a supervisor (known as a 'plus-one'; Fr. ''plus-un'') who moderates the group's work.  
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==Jacques Lacan and the Cartel==
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According to [[Jacques Lacan]], the (term) "[[cartel]]" (refers to) denotes the basic working unit of a [[school]] of [[psychoanalysis]].
  
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A [[cartel]] is created when a group of people decide to work together on a particular aspect of [[psychoanalytic theory]] which is of interest to them, and it is then registered in the [[school]]'s list of [[cartel]]s.  
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The "[[cartel]]" is defined (introduced) by [[Jacques Lacan]] as the basic working unit of a [[school]] of [[psychoanalysis]].
  
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Although participation in cartels plays an important part in the [[training]] (''formation'') of Lacanian [[analyst]]s, membership of [[cartel]]s is not restricted to members of the [[school]].  
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[[Jacques Lacan]] defines the (term) "[[cartel]]" as the basic working unit of a [[school]] of [[psychoanalysis]].
  
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Indeed, [[Lacan]] welcomed the exchange of ideas between [[analyst]]s and those from other disciplines, and saw the [[cartel]] as one structure which would serve to encourage this exchange.
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[[Jacques Lacan]] introduced the [[cartel]] in the [[Founding Act]] on [[June 21, 1964]].
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In the [[Founding Act]] on [[June 21, 1964]] [[Jacques Lacan]] introduced the [[cartel]] in the following way:
  
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By organising research work around a small-scale unit like the [[cartel]], [[Lacan]] hoped to avoid the effects of massification which he regarded as partly to blame for the sterility of the [[International Psychoanalytical Association]] (IPA).
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<blockquote>"Those who enter this School will undertake to fulfil a task that is subject to both internal and external supervision. In exchange they are assured that nothing will be spared in order that anything valuable they do gets the attention it deserves and in the appropriate place. To carry out this work we shall adopt the principle of sustained elaboration in small groups.”</blockquote>
  
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==Miscellaneous==
 
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the cartel describes the working device that is the basic unit of the Schools
 
  
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The cartel
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==The Cartel in General==
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(The [[cartel]] is a (working) research group (of four members) (on a particular issue or topic) that works on (that meets regularly to study a topic) topics of clinical and theoretical interest for psychoanalysis.)
  
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What is a cartel?
 
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The cartel is an original working device, proposed by Lacan for those who practice psychoanalysis as well as for anyone who wishes to study it. This Lacanian invention takes into account the effects of the group, and aims, by its structure and its functioning, at limiting these as much as possible.
 
  
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Four choose each other to work
 
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Those forming a cartel choose each other with a joint project of work. In 1980, Lacan specified that the members of a cartel should be four in number, this being the number of reference in most cartels at present. The meetings are held at a rhythm decided by its members, who are called "cartel members".
 
  
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The ‘plus one’
 
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Chosen by the cartel members, the "plus one" is the person in charge of the selection, discussion and destination of the work of each member. This role is crucial for tactfully supporting the work of each member, handling critical moments and maintaining the distance between knowledge and truth. The "plus one" is also a link with the School, since it favors the exposition of the product of the cartel's work.
 
  
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The theme of work
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The accumulated practice since the invention of this institutional device has proved its fertility in the reading of reference texts, in the study of fundamental concepts and in the ongoing investigation of psychoanalysis.
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The creation of a cartel is the occasion for each member to choose a theme or ‘trait’ of work: reading of a seminar, elaboration of a concept or a case, exploring the connections of psychoanalysis to other fields, etc. A common theme is added to the ‘trait’ of each member, which in turn gives the title to the cartel, under which it can be declared to the School.
 
  
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The product of each member
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(This Lacanian invention takes into account the effects of the group, and aims, by its structure and its functioning, at limiting these as much as possible.)
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The work carried out does not give rise to the collective product of a knowledge that implies the acceptance of the group. It is up to each one, according to the moment of his or her relation to psychoanalysis, to verify what might have been modified in his or her relation with analytic knowledge.
 
  
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The exposition of work
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A [[cartel]] is created by a group of people who decide to work together in studying a particular aspect of [[psychoanalytic theory]] (which is of interest to them).
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The products of a cartel may be exposed at the study days of the cartels, which are the occasion for the work of the cartel to be made public. Some of these works can also be made available in the different publications of the Freudian Field.
 
  
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Permutation
 
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The cartel lasts for no more than one or two years. After this period it is dissolved. This necessary conclusion helps to avoid the inertia evident in work groups that are never ending, which becomes an obstacle to the acquisition of new knowledge for the subject.
 
  
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In the Founding Act of June 21, 1964, Jacques Lacan introduced the cartel for the first time in the following way:
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The [[school]] organizes work around a small-scale unit.
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"Those who enter this School will undertake to fulfil a task that is subject to both internal and external supervision. In exchange they are assured that nothing will be spared in order that anything valuable they do gets the attention it deserves and in the appropriate place.
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In a [[school]], research work is organized around a small-scale unit.
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To carry out this work we shall adopt the principle of sustained elaboration in small groups. Each group (we have a name
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[[Lacan]] sought to organize the research work around a small-scale unit.
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to designate them) will be composed of at least three people, five a most, four is the right balance. Plus One responsible for the selection, the discussion and the outcome to be accorded to the work of each.
 
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After a certain period of functioning the elements of the group will find themselves invited to permutate into another group."
 
  
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Some years later, in his seminar of March 11, 1980, D’écolage of the School, Lacan adds certain further precisions to the device of the cartel:
 
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"(…) I launch without delay the Freudian Cause and I restore in its favor the basic unit taken from the foundation of the School, that is to say, the cartel, whose formalization I refine, taking into experience into account.
 
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First – Four are chosen to pursue a work that must bear a product. I make it clear: a product of each member, not collectively.
 
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Second - The conjunction of the four is effected around a Plus One, who, although it may be anybody, must be
 
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somebody. He or she is charged with watching over the internal effects of the enterprise and of producing its elaboration.
 
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Third – To avoid the effect of gluing together, it must give rise to permutation in the fixed term of a year, two at most.
 
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Four – No progress is to be expected, except that of opening up, periodically, both the results as well as the critical moments of the work.
 
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Five – Drawing by lots will ensure the regular renewal of the reference points created with the aim of vectorizing the group"
 
  
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The cartel today
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==The Purpose of the Cartel==
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The accumulated practice since the invention of this institutional device has proved its fertility in the reading of reference texts, in the study of fundamental concepts and in the ongoing investigation of psychoanalysis. It is therefore an instrument of analytic formation and a basic unit of the Freudian Cause.
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In 1994, Jacques-Alain Millar – concerned with a certain routine affecting the functioning of this device in some of the schools of the WAP – produced a series of reflections calling for a return to the essentials of the "Lacanian plan". These can be found in two texts: The cartel in the world and The inverse of the School:
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A forum
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"(…) the ethical and epistemological demand that Lacan gave voice to is supposed to be accomplished in a work, which is the work of the School, and this work is carried out by the cartel (…)"
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A small group
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"(…) in Lacan’s intention, the work of the School (…) passed by way of the cartel. By way of the cartel, that is to say: not by way of the seminars, courses, conferences or debates. Nothing like that: the cartel"
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The purpose of the [[cartel]] is to
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offer an original investigation (and a)
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offer a novel relationship to the transmission of his teachings
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(carry out the) (work on) study a (crucial problem of) (topic(s)) particular aspect of [[psychoanalytic theory]] (which is of interest to them) (of [[clinical]] and [[theoretical]] interest for [[psychoanalysis]]).
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(through which research work in [[psychoanalysis]] can be achieved.)
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==The Members of the Cartel==
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<blockquote>Each group (we have a name to designate them) will be composed of at least three people, five a most, four is the right balance.”<ref>[[Founding Act]] on [[June 21, 1964]].</ref></blockquote>
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The [[cartel]] is a (working) study group that consists of (includes) (is composed of) (not less than) (at least) three to (nor more than) (at most) five - usually four - people (participants) (who are called "[[cartel members]]".
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Each group ([[cartel]]) should be composed of
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In [[1980]] [[Lacan]] stated that there should only be four members in a [[cartel]].
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The [[cartel]] is not restricted to members of the [[school]].
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[[Lacan]] saw the [[cartel]] as a [[structure]] that would serve to encourage the exchange of ideas between [[psychoanalyst]]s and those from other disciplines.
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Those interested in further reading and discussion of Lacan's works are welcome to join these study groups that are limited in number.
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a working device (for those who [[practice]] [[psychoanalysis]] and for anyone who wishes to study it)
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==The Plus-One==
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Periodically the participants of the cartel present the progress of their work to an outside supervisor chosen and appointed at the start of the cartel; this supervisor is called the Plus-One.
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<blockquote>"The conjunction of the four is effected around a Plus One, who, although it may be anybody, must be somebody.  He or she is charged with watching over the internal effects of the enterprise and of producing its elaboration."<ref>[[Lacan, Jacques]].</ref></blockquote>
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<blockquote>"Plus One responsible for the selection, the discussion and the outcome to be accorded to the work of each."<ref>[[Founding Act]] on [[June 21, 1964]].</ref></blockquote>
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(This role is crucial for tactfully supporting the work of each member, handling critical moments and maintaining the distance between knowledge and truth.)
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(it favors the exposition of the product of the cartel's work.)
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A supervisor - known as a '[[plus-one]]' ([[French]]: ''[[plus-un]]'') - moderates the group's work.
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The [[cartel]] has one member who functions as a "[[plus-one]]".
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The [[plus-one]] (as the fifth member of the [[cartel]]) is elected by the four members.
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The "[[plus-one]]" is the person chosen by the [[cartel]] members.
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The "[[plus-one]]" is the person in charge of the selection, the discussion and destination (the outcome) of the (to be accorded to the) work of each member.
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The function (role) of the [[plus-one]] is to ensure that the [[cartel]] works toward its designated aim.
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The [[plus-one]] is partly outside the group.
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The [[plus-one]] is chosen and appointed at the start of the [[cartel]].
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==The Duration of the Cartel==
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<blockquote>"To avoid the effect of gluing together, it must give rise to permutation in the fixed term of a year, two at most."<ref>[[Lacan, Jacques]].</ref></blockquote>
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<blockquote>"After a certain period of functioning the elements of the group will find themselves invited to permutate into another group."<ref>[[Founding Act]] on [[June 21, 1964]].</ref></blockquote>
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must give rise to permutation in the fixed term of a year, two at most.
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The cartel lasts for no more than one or two years.
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After this period it is dissolved.
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This necessary conclusion helps to avoid the inertia evident in work groups that are never ending, which becomes an obstacle to the acquisition of new knowledge for the subject.
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==The Work of the Cartel==
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==School of Psychoanalysis==
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<blockquote>”Four are chosen to pursue a work that must bear a product. A product of each member, not collectively.”<ref>[[Lacan, Jacques]].</ref></blockquote>
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The creation of a cartel is the occasion for each member to choose a theme or ‘trait’ of work: reading of a seminar, elaboration of a concept or a case, exploring the connections of psychoanalysis to other fields, etc.
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The work carried out does not give rise to the collective product of a knowledge that implies the acceptance of the group.
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It is up to each one, according to the moment of his or her relation to psychoanalysis, to verify what might have been modified in his or her relation with analytic knowledge.
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The products of a cartel may be exposed at the study days of the cartels, which are the occasion for the work of the cartel to be made public.
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Some of these works can also be made available in the different publications of the Freudian Field
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A cartel has a starting time and a time of completion.
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A small group which meets for a limited duration (with the aim)
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Aim of working on a crucial problem of [[psychoanalysis]].
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((The cartel will continue with these members for a duration of two years, after which there will be a permutation of membership.))
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Each participant is committed to producing an independent and original written research work on a shared topic.
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[[Lacan]] formed the ''[[Ecole Freudienne de Psychanalyse]]'' ([[EFP]]).
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[[Lacan]] based his [[school]] of [[psychoanalysis]] on the [[cartel]] as its basic (working) unit.
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[[Lacan]] based his [[school]] - the ''[[Ecole Freudienne de Psychanalyse]]'' ([[EFP]]) - on [[cartel]] (as its basic working unit).
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The [[psychoanalytic]] [[school]] is based on the [[cartel]].
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The [[cartel]] is the basic (working) unit of the [[school]].
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SCHOOL
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For [[Lacan]], the work of the [[school]] is carried out by the [[cartel]] (rather than by way of seminars, courses, conferences or debates).
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<blockquote>“The ethical and epistemological demand that Lacan gave voice to is supposed to be accomplished in a work, which is the work of the School, and this work is carried out by the cartel.”<ref>>[[Miller, Jacques-Alain]]. “The cartel in the world.”</ref></blockquote>
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<blockquote>In Lacan’s intention, the work of the School […] passed by way of the cartel. By way of the cartel, that is to say: not by way of the seminars, courses, conferences or debates.<ref>[[Miller, Jacques-Alain]]. “The inverse of the School.”</ref></blockquote>
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THE CARTEL TODAY
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(Therefore)
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The [[cartel]] is an instrument of [[analytic]] [[formation]].
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The [[cartel]] is an instrument in the [[training]] of [[analysts]].
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Most [[Lacanian associations]] continue to organize work in cartels today.
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The [[cartel]] has an important role in the [[training]] ([[French]]: ''[[formation]]'') of [[Lacan]]ian [[psychoanalyst]]s.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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[[Lacan]] hoped to avoid the effects of massification which he regarded as partly to blame for the sterility of the [[International Psychoanalytical Association]] ([[IPA]]).
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* Four – No progress is to be expected, except that of opening up, periodically, both the results as well as the critical moments of the work.
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* Five – Drawing by lots will ensure the regular renewal of the reference points created with the aim of vectorizing the group"<ref>[[Lacan, Jacques]].</ref></blockquote>
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J.-A. Miller also added his voice and, as a matter of fact, the cartel is not only in use at present, but it is also on the basis of this device that several schools are now working towards the IVth Congress of the WAP.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 06:39, 7 July 2006


Jacques Lacan and the Cartel

According to Jacques Lacan, the (term) "cartel" (refers to) denotes the basic working unit of a school of psychoanalysis.

The "cartel" is defined (introduced) by Jacques Lacan as the basic working unit of a school of psychoanalysis.

Jacques Lacan defines the (term) "cartel" as the basic working unit of a school of psychoanalysis.

Jacques Lacan introduced the cartel in the Founding Act on June 21, 1964. In the Founding Act on June 21, 1964 Jacques Lacan introduced the cartel in the following way:

"Those who enter this School will undertake to fulfil a task that is subject to both internal and external supervision. In exchange they are assured that nothing will be spared in order that anything valuable they do gets the attention it deserves and in the appropriate place. To carry out this work we shall adopt the principle of sustained elaboration in small groups.”


The Cartel in General

(The cartel is a (working) research group (of four members) (on a particular issue or topic) that works on (that meets regularly to study a topic) topics of clinical and theoretical interest for psychoanalysis.)



The accumulated practice since the invention of this institutional device has proved its fertility in the reading of reference texts, in the study of fundamental concepts and in the ongoing investigation of psychoanalysis.

(This Lacanian invention takes into account the effects of the group, and aims, by its structure and its functioning, at limiting these as much as possible.)

A cartel is created by a group of people who decide to work together in studying a particular aspect of psychoanalytic theory (which is of interest to them).


The school organizes work around a small-scale unit. In a school, research work is organized around a small-scale unit. Lacan sought to organize the research work around a small-scale unit.


The Purpose of the Cartel

A forum A small group


The purpose of the cartel is to

offer an original investigation (and a)

offer a novel relationship to the transmission of his teachings

(carry out the) (work on) study a (crucial problem of) (topic(s)) particular aspect of psychoanalytic theory (which is of interest to them) (of clinical and theoretical interest for psychoanalysis).

(through which research work in psychoanalysis can be achieved.)


The Members of the Cartel

Each group (we have a name to designate them) will be composed of at least three people, five a most, four is the right balance.”[1]

The cartel is a (working) study group that consists of (includes) (is composed of) (not less than) (at least) three to (nor more than) (at most) five - usually four - people (participants) (who are called "cartel members".

Each group (cartel) should be composed of

In 1980 Lacan stated that there should only be four members in a cartel.

The cartel is not restricted to members of the school.

Lacan saw the cartel as a structure that would serve to encourage the exchange of ideas between psychoanalysts and those from other disciplines.

Those interested in further reading and discussion of Lacan's works are welcome to join these study groups that are limited in number.

a working device (for those who practice psychoanalysis and for anyone who wishes to study it)

The Plus-One

Periodically the participants of the cartel present the progress of their work to an outside supervisor chosen and appointed at the start of the cartel; this supervisor is called the Plus-One.


"The conjunction of the four is effected around a Plus One, who, although it may be anybody, must be somebody. He or she is charged with watching over the internal effects of the enterprise and of producing its elaboration."[2]

"Plus One responsible for the selection, the discussion and the outcome to be accorded to the work of each."[3]

(This role is crucial for tactfully supporting the work of each member, handling critical moments and maintaining the distance between knowledge and truth.) (it favors the exposition of the product of the cartel's work.)

A supervisor - known as a 'plus-one' (French: plus-un) - moderates the group's work.

The cartel has one member who functions as a "plus-one".

The plus-one (as the fifth member of the cartel) is elected by the four members.

The "plus-one" is the person chosen by the cartel members.

The "plus-one" is the person in charge of the selection, the discussion and destination (the outcome) of the (to be accorded to the) work of each member.


The function (role) of the plus-one is to ensure that the cartel works toward its designated aim.

The plus-one is partly outside the group.

The plus-one is chosen and appointed at the start of the cartel.


The Duration of the Cartel

"To avoid the effect of gluing together, it must give rise to permutation in the fixed term of a year, two at most."[4]

"After a certain period of functioning the elements of the group will find themselves invited to permutate into another group."[5]

must give rise to permutation in the fixed term of a year, two at most.

The cartel lasts for no more than one or two years.

After this period it is dissolved.

This necessary conclusion helps to avoid the inertia evident in work groups that are never ending, which becomes an obstacle to the acquisition of new knowledge for the subject.


The Work of the Cartel

School of Psychoanalysis

”Four are chosen to pursue a work that must bear a product. A product of each member, not collectively.”[6]

The creation of a cartel is the occasion for each member to choose a theme or ‘trait’ of work: reading of a seminar, elaboration of a concept or a case, exploring the connections of psychoanalysis to other fields, etc.

The work carried out does not give rise to the collective product of a knowledge that implies the acceptance of the group.

It is up to each one, according to the moment of his or her relation to psychoanalysis, to verify what might have been modified in his or her relation with analytic knowledge.

The products of a cartel may be exposed at the study days of the cartels, which are the occasion for the work of the cartel to be made public.

Some of these works can also be made available in the different publications of the Freudian Field

A cartel has a starting time and a time of completion. A small group which meets for a limited duration (with the aim) Aim of working on a crucial problem of psychoanalysis.

((The cartel will continue with these members for a duration of two years, after which there will be a permutation of membership.))

Each participant is committed to producing an independent and original written research work on a shared topic.



Lacan formed the Ecole Freudienne de Psychanalyse (EFP).

Lacan based his school of psychoanalysis on the cartel as its basic (working) unit.

Lacan based his school - the Ecole Freudienne de Psychanalyse (EFP) - on cartel (as its basic working unit).

The psychoanalytic school is based on the cartel.

The cartel is the basic (working) unit of the school.



SCHOOL For Lacan, the work of the school is carried out by the cartel (rather than by way of seminars, courses, conferences or debates).

“The ethical and epistemological demand that Lacan gave voice to is supposed to be accomplished in a work, which is the work of the School, and this work is carried out by the cartel.”[7]

In Lacan’s intention, the work of the School […] passed by way of the cartel. By way of the cartel, that is to say: not by way of the seminars, courses, conferences or debates.[8]

THE CARTEL TODAY (Therefore) The cartel is an instrument of analytic formation. The cartel is an instrument in the training of analysts.

Most Lacanian associations continue to organize work in cartels today. The cartel has an important role in the training (French: formation) of Lacanian psychoanalysts.


MISCELLANEOUS Lacan hoped to avoid the effects of massification which he regarded as partly to blame for the sterility of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA).

  • Four – No progress is to be expected, except that of opening up, periodically, both the results as well as the critical moments of the work.
  • Five – Drawing by lots will ensure the regular renewal of the reference points created with the aim of vectorizing the group"[9]


See Also

==External links== World Association of Psychoanalysis

References

  1. ↑ Founding Act on June 21, 1964.
  2. ↑ Lacan, Jacques.
  3. ↑ Founding Act on June 21, 1964.
  4. ↑ Lacan, Jacques.
  5. ↑ Founding Act on June 21, 1964.
  6. ↑ Lacan, Jacques.
  7. ↑ >Miller, Jacques-Alain. “The cartel in the world.”
  8. ↑ Miller, Jacques-Alain. “The inverse of the School.”
  9. ↑ Lacan, Jacques.
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