desire of the analyst (dÈsir {{Top}}[[désir]] de l'[[analyste) The phrase 'the desire]]{{Bottom}}
=====Jacques Lacan=====The term "[[desire of the analyst' ]]" is an ambiguous one that seems to oscillate , and oscillates between two [[meanings]] in [[Lacan]]'s [[Jacques Lacan:Bibliography|work]].
between two meanings:=====Desire ''Attributed'' to the Analyst=====In the first [[sense]] of the term, the "[[desire of the analyst]]" refers to the [[desire]] that the [[analysand]] ''attributes'' to the [[analyst]] (in addition to [[knowledge]]) in [[psychoanalytic treatment]], rather than the [[desire]] ''proper'' to the [[analyst]] (in his [[mind]] or [[psyche]]).
The [[analyst]] is therefore a "'''[[subject supposed to know|subject supposed to desire]]'''" (as well as a "[[subject supposed to know]]").
=====Desire ''Proper'' to the Analyst=====
In the second sense of the term, the "[[desire of the analyst]]" refers to the ''actual'' [[desire]] of the [[analyst]], which animates the [[analyst]] in the way he directs the [[treatment]].
. A desire attributed to the analyst As well as attributing knowledge to=====Psychoanalytic Treatment=====In [[psychoanalytic treatment]]
The task of the [[analyst, so also ]] throughout the [[treatment]] is to make it [[impossible]] for the [[analysand attributes desire ]] to be sure that he [[knows]] what the [[analyst]] wants from him; the [[analyst]] must make sure that his [[desire]] "remains an x" for the [[analysand]]. The analyst is<ref>{{S11}} p. 274</ref>
therefore not only a SUBJECT SUPPOSED TO KNOw but also a In this way the [[analyst]]'subject s supposed [[desire]] becomes the [[treatment|driving force]] of the [[analytic]] [[process]], since it keeps the [[analysand]] [[working]], trying todiscover what the [[analyst]] wants from him.
<blockquote>"The [[desire'. Thus the phrase ']] of the [[analyst's desire' does not refer the real desire ]] is ultimately that which operates in[[psychoanalysis]]."<ref>{{Ec}} p. 854</ref></blockquote>
By presenting the [[analysand]] with an enigmatic [[desire]], the [[analyst]] occupies the [[position]] of the [[Other]], of whom the [[subject]] asks "'s psyche''[[Che vuoi?]]'''" ("What do you [[want]] from me?"), but to with the desire which result that the [[subject]]'s [[fantasy|fundamental fantasy]] emerges in the analysand attributes to him[[transference]].
The task of the analyst throughout the treatment ====Definition====This is easier to make it impossible fordefine negatively than positively.
It is certainly not a [[desire]] for the analysand to be sure that he knows what the analyst wants from him; the"impossible".<ref>{{S7}} p. 300</ref>
analyst must make sure that his Nor is it a [[desire 'remains an x' for ]] to "do [[good]]" or "to [[cure]]"; on the analysand (Sl1contrary,it is "a non-desire to cure."<ref>{{S7}} p. 218</ref>
274). In this way ====Identification====It is not a [[desire]] that the [[analysand]] [[identification|identify]] with the [[analyst's supposed desire becomes the driving force of]]:
<blockquote>"The [[analyst]]'s [[desire]] . . . tends in a direction that is the analytic process, since it keeps the analysand working, trying to discoverexact opposite of [[identification]]."<ref>{{S11}} p. 274</ref></blockquote>
what Rather than [[identification]], the [[analyst wants from him; ]] [[desire]]s that the [[analysand]]'s own unique [[truth]] emerge in the desire [[treatment]], a [[truth]] that is absolutely different to that of the [[analyst ]]; the [[analyst]]'s [[desire]] is ultimately thatthus "a desire to obtain absolute [[difference]]."<ref>{{S11}} p. 276</ref>
which operates ====Ethics====It is in the sense of a "'''[[Desire of the analyst|desire proper to the analyst]]'''" that [[Lacan]] wishes to locate the question of the [[analyst]]'s [[desire]] at the heart of the [[ethics]] of [[psychoanalysis' (Ec, 854)]]. By presenting the analysand with
an enigmatic desire, ====Training====How is it that the [[analyst occupies ]] comes to be guided by the position of the Other, of whom[[desire]] which is proper to his function?
the subject asks Che vuoi? ('What do you want from me?)According to [[Lacan]], with the result thatthis can only occur by means of a [[training|training analysis]].
The essential requirement, the subjectcondition 's fundamental fantasy emerges in the transference'sine qua non'' for becoming an [[analyst]], is to undergo [[treatment|analytic treatment]] oneself.
In the course of this [[treatment]] there will be a mutation in the [[economy]] of [[desire]] in the [[analyst|analyst-to-be]]; his [[desire]] will be [[structure|restructured]], [[structure|reorganized]].<ref>{{S8}} p. 221-2</ref>
Only if this happens will he be able to function properly as an [[analyst]].
e A desire proper ==See Also=={{See}}* [[Analysand]]* [[Analyst]]||* [[Desire]]* [[Identification]]||* [[Subject supposed to the analyst The other sense of the phrase 'the desireknow]]* [[Training]]||* [[Transference]]* [[Treatment]]{{Also}}
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certainly not a desire for the impossible (S7, 300). Nor is it a desire to 'do good' or 'to cure'; on the contrary, it is 'a non-desire to cure' (S7, 218). It is not a desire that the analysand identify with the analyst; 'the analyst's desire . . . tends in a direction that is the exact opposite of identification' (S11, 274). Rather than identification, the analyst desires that the analysand's own unique truth emerge in the treatment, a truth that is absolutely different to that of the analyst; the analyst's desire is thus 'a desire to obtain absolute difference' (S11, 276). It is in the sense of 'a desire proper to the analyst' that Lacan wishes to locate the question of the analyst's desire at the heart of the ethics of psychoanalysis. How is it that the analyst comes to be guided by the desire which is proper to his function? According to Lacan, this can only occur by means of a training analysis. The essential requirement, the condition sine qua non for becoming an analyst, is to undergo analytic treatment oneself. In the course of this treatment there will be a mutation in the economy of desire in the analyst- to-be; his desire will be restructured, reorganised (S8, 221-2). Only if this happens will he be able to function properly as an analyst.__NOTOC__
