Difference between revisions of "End of analysis"
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[[Lacan]] describes the [[end of analysis]] in various ways. | [[Lacan]] describes the [[end of analysis]] in various ways. | ||
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| + | :1. In the early 1950s, [[Lacan]] describes the [[end of analysis]] as "the advent of a true [[speech]] and the realization by the [[subject]] of his [[history]]" -- that is, as coming to terms with one's own [[death|mortality.<ref>{{E}} p.88</ref> | ||
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| + | :<blockquote>"The [[subject]] ... begins the analysis by speaking about himself without speaking to you, or by speaking to you without speaking about himself. When he can speak to you about himself, the analysis will be over."<ref>{{Ec}} p.373, n. 1</ref></blockquote> | ||
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| + | :2. In 1960, [[Lacan]] describes the [[end of analysis]] as a state of [[anxiety]] and [[anxiety|abandonment]] -- that is, as a state of [[helplessness]]. | ||
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| + | :3. In 1964, [[Lacan]] describes the [[end of analysis]] as the point when the [[analysand]] "traverses the radical [[fantasy]]."<ref>{{S11}} p.273</ref> | ||
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| + | :4. In the final decade of his teaching, [[Lacan]] describes the [[end of analysis]] as an "[[identification]] with the ''[[sinthome]]''." | ||
Revision as of 20:32, 7 August 2006
Lacan describes the end of analysis in various ways.
- 1. In the early 1950s, Lacan describes the end of analysis as "the advent of a true speech and the realization by the subject of his history" -- that is, as coming to terms with one's own [[death|mortality.[1]
"The subject ... begins the analysis by speaking about himself without speaking to you, or by speaking to you without speaking about himself. When he can speak to you about himself, the analysis will be over."[2]
- 2. In 1960, Lacan describes the end of analysis as a state of anxiety and abandonment -- that is, as a state of helplessness.
- 3. In 1964, Lacan describes the end of analysis as the point when the analysand "traverses the radical fantasy."[3]
- 4. In the final decade of his teaching, Lacan describes the end of analysis as an "identification with the sinthome."
