desire of the analyst (dÈsir {{Top}}[[désir]] de l'[[analyste) ]]{{Bottom}}
=====Jacques Lacan=====The phrase '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]]").
. A =====Desire ''Proper'' to the Analyst=====In the second sense of the term, the "[[desire attributed of the analyst]]" refers to the ''actual'' [[desire]] of the [[analyst]], which animates the [[analyst]] in the way he directs the [[treatment]].
As well as attributing knowledge to the analyst, so also the analysand attributes desire to the analyst. The analyst is therefore not only a SUBJECT SUPPOSED TO KNOw but also a 'subject supposed to desire'. Thus the phrase 'the analyst's desire' does not refer the real desire in the analyst's psyche, but to the desire which the analysand attributes to him.=====Psychoanalytic Treatment=====The task of the analyst throughout the In [[psychoanalytic treatment is to make it impossible for the analysand 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 (Sl1, 274). In this way the analyst's supposed desire becomes the driving force of the analytic process, since it keeps the analysand working, trying to discover what the analyst wants from him; 'the desire of the analyst is ultimately that which operates in psychoanalysis' (Ec, 854). By presenting the analysand with an enigmatic desire, the analyst occupies the position of the Other, of whom the subject asks Che vuoi? ('What do you want from me?), with the result that the subject's fundamental fantasy emerges in the transference.]]
e A The task of the [[analyst]] throughout the [[treatment]] is to make it [[impossible]] for the [[analysand]] to be sure that he [[knows]] what the [[analyst]] wants from him; the [[analyst]] must make sure that his [[desire proper ]] "remains an x" for the [[analysand]].<ref>{{S11}} p. 274</ref> In this way the [[analyst]]'s supposed [[desire]] becomes the [[treatment|driving force]] of the [[analytic]] [[process]], since it keeps the [[analysand]] [[working]], trying to discover what the [[analyst ]] wants from him. <blockquote>"The other sense [[desire]] of the phrase '[[analyst]] 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 analyst[[subject]] asks "'''[[Che vuoi?]]''' refers to " ("What do you [[want]] from me?"), with the desire which must animate result that the analyst [[subject]]'s [[fantasy|fundamental fantasy]] emerges in the way he directs treatment[[transference]]. ====Definition====This is easier to define negatively than positively. It is certainly not a [[desire ]] for the "impossible (".<ref>{{S7, }} p. 300). </ref> Nor is it a [[desire ]] to '"do [[good' ]]" or '"to [[cure']]"; on the contrary, it is '"a non-desire to cure' (."<ref>{{S7, }} p. 218). </ref> ====Identification====It is not a [[desire ]] that the [[analysand ]] [[identification|identify ]] with the [[analyst; 'the ]]: <blockquote>"The [[analyst]]'s [[desire ]] . . . tends in a direction that is the exact opposite of [[identification' (]]."<ref>{{S11, }} p. 274).</ref></blockquote> Rather than [[identification]], the [[analyst desires ]] [[desire]]s 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' (]]."<ref>{{S11, }} p. 276). </ref> ====Ethics====It is in the sense of a "'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]]. ====Training====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|training analysis]]. The essential requirement, the condition ''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]], reorganised ([[structure|reorganized]].<ref>{{S8, }} p. 221-2). </ref> Only if this happens will he be able to function properly as an [[analyst]]. ==See Also=={{See}}* [[Analysand]]* [[Analyst]]||* [[Desire]]* [[Identification]]||* [[Subject supposed to know]]* [[Training]]||* [[Transference]]* [[Treatment]]{{Also}} ==References==<div style="font-size:11px" class="references-small"><references/></div> [[Category:Psychoanalysis]][[Category:Jacques Lacan]][[Category:Dictionary]][[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Practice]][[Category:Concepts]][[Category:Terms]]{{OK}} __NOTOC__
