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The phrase the '{{Top}}[[desire of the analystdésir]]de l' ([[French]]: ''[[désir de l'analyste]]'') is an ambiguous one that seems to oscillate in Lacan's work between two meanings:{{Bottom}}

==A Desire Attributed to the Analyst===Jacques Lacan=====As well as attributing The term "[[knowledge]] to desire of the [[analyst]]" is ambiguous, so also the and oscillates between two [[analysandmeanings]] attributes in [[desireLacan]] to the 's [[analystJacques Lacan:Bibliography|work]].

The =====Desire ''Attributed'' to the Analyst=====In the first [[sense]] of the term, the "[[desire of the analyst]] is therefore not only a " refers to the [[subject supposed desire]] that the [[analysand]] ''attributes'' to knowthe [[analyst]] but also a "(in addition to [[knowledge]]) in [[psychoanalytic treatment]], rather than the [[subjectdesire]] supposed ''proper'' to the [[analyst]] (in his [[mind]] or [desire[psyche]])."

Thus =====Desire ''Proper'' to the Analyst=====In the second sense of the term, the phrase "the [[desire of the analyst]]'s [[desire]]" does not refer refers to the real ''actual'' [[desire]] in of the [[analyst]]'s [[psyche]], but to which animates the [[desireanalyst]] which in the way he directs the [[analysandtreatment]] 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]].<ref>{{S11}} p.274</ref>

In this way The task of the [[analyst]]'s supposed throughout the [[desiretreatment]] becomes the driving force of the is to make it [[analyticimpossible]] for the [[processanalysand]], since it keeps the to be sure that he [[analysandknows]] working, trying to discover what the [[analyst]] wants from him; "the [[desireanalyst]] of the must make sure that his [[analystdesire]] is ultimately that which operates in "remains an x" for the [[psychoanalysisanalysand]]."<ref>{{EcS11}} p.854274</ref>

By presenting In this way the [[analysandanalyst]] with an enigmatic 's supposed [[desire]], the [[analyst]] occupies the position of becomes the [[Othertreatment|driving force]], of whom the [[subjectanalytic]] asks '''[[Che vuoi?process]]''' ("What do you want from me?"), with the result that since it keeps the [[subjectanalysand]]'s [[fundamental fantasyworking]] emerges in , trying to discover what the [[transferenceanalyst]]wants from him.

==A desire proper to the analyst==<blockquote>"The other sense of the phrase the '[[desire of the analyst]]' refers to of the [[desireanalyst]] is ultimately that which must animate the [[analyst]] operates in the way he directs [[treatmentpsychoanalysis]]. "<ref>{{Ec}} p. 854</ref></blockquote>

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>

Nor ====Identification====It is it not a [[desire to 'do good' or 'to cure'; on ]] that the contrary, it is "a non-desire to cure."<ref>{{S7}} p.218</ref>[[analysand]] [[identification|identify]] with the [[analyst]]:

It is not a [[desire]] that the [[analysand]] identify with the [[analyst]]; <blockquote>"the 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]] [[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>

==See Also==  [[Category:Terms]][[Category:Concepts]][[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Psychoanalysis]]__NOTOC__