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knowledge  35-38, 45, 69,  75,  81,  91,  124,  127,  159,  199  ;
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{{Topp}}connaissance]]''/''[[savoir{{Bottom}}
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absolute 126 ;
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and interpretation 156, 163-64 ;
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In [[Lacan]] ''connaissance'' (with its inevitable concomitant, "''[[méconnaissance]]''") belongs to the [[imaginary]] [[order|register]], while ''savoir'' belongs to the [[symbolic]] [[order|register]].<ref>{{Ec}} p. 281</ref>
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and not wanting to know 23, 60 ;
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and transference see supposed subject of knowing;
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==Jacques Lacan==
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and truth 91-92, 96-97, 126, 129, 135, 173-74, 176, 188-89 ;
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===Definition===
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as a symptom of the analyst’s ignorance 133 ;
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The term "[[knowledge]]" has two [[meanings]] in [[Lacan]]'s [[Jacques Lacan:Bibliography|work]]. [[Lacan]] distinguishes between two types of [[knowledge]]:
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conscious 24, 95 ;
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* [[knowledge|imaginary knowledge]] ([[French]]: '''''[[connaissance]]''''') -- the [[knowledge]] of the '''[[ego]]''', and
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in the analyst’s discourse 95-96, 173 ;
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* [[knowledge|symbolic knowledge]] ([[French]]: '''''[[savoir]]''''') -- the [[knowledge]] of the '''[[subject]]'''.
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in the master’s discourse 94 ;
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limit of 133-34, 137 ;
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==''Savoir''==
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love of 123-30 ;
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[[knowledge|Symbolic knowledge]] refers to both the [[knowledge]] of the '''[[subject]]''''s ''relation'' to the '''[[symbolic]] [[order]]''', and also to that ''relation'' itself. It is the articulation of '''[[signifier]]s''' in the [[subject]]'s [[symbolic|symbolic universe]], the '''[[signifying chain]]''' ([[Image:SS2.gif]]).
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mythical 59 ;
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neurotic 21-22, 25, 34 ;
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===Unknown Knowledge===
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of the analyst 23, 35, 37, 52-53n45, 69, 75-76, 92-93, 125-29, 132-34, 136, 156, 159-61, 164, 204-5 ;
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The "'''[[unconscious]]'''" is simply [[another]] [[name]] for [[knowledge|symbolic knowledge]] insofar as it is an "[[knowledge|unknown knowledge]]," a [[knowledge]] which the [[subject]] ''does not know it knows''.
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of love 130-40 ;
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of the other 12 ;
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===Absolute Knowledge===
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of the pervert 47, 143 ;
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'''[[treatment|Psychoanalytic treatment]]''' involves a way to access [[knowledge|symbolic knowledge]], via a [[particular]] [[form]] of [[speech]] called '''[[free association]]'''. The [[end of analysis|aim]] of '''[[treatment|psychoanalytic treatment]]''' is the ''[[progress|progressive reveletion]]'' of [[knowledge|symbolic knowledge]] to the [[subject]], rather than "[[knowledge|absolute knowledge]]," because the [[unconscious]] is irreducible; there is an inescapable '''[[split|division]]''' between the '''[[subject]]''' and '''[[knowledge]]'''.
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of the Zen-master 163 ;
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on the place of truth 38, 96, 173-74 ;
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===''Jouissance''' of the Other===
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[[Knowledge|Symbolic knowledge]] is [[knowledge]] of the '''[[truth]]''' [[about]] one's '''[[unconscious]] [[desire]]'''.  In this [[sense]], [[knowledge]] is a form of '''''[[jouissance]]''''': "[[knowledge]] is the '''''[[jouissance]]''''' of the '''[[Other]]'''."<ref>{{S17}} p. 13</ref>
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===Subject Supposed to Know===
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[[knowledge|Symbolic knowledge]] does not reside in any particular [[subject]], but is '''[[intersubjective]]'''.  However, this does not prevent one supposing that somewhere there is a [[subject]] who possesses this [[knowledge|symbolic knowledge]] (the '''[[subject supposed to know]]''').  The [[knowledge]] is ''attributed'' to the [[analyst]] by the [[analysand]] in [[treatment|psychoanalytic treatment]].  The [[analysand]] attributes [[knowledge]] to the [[analyst]] in [[treatment|psychoanalytic treatment]].
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==''Connaissance''==
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[[Knowledge|Imaginary knowledge]] refers to the [[knowledge|self-knowledge]] of the [[subject]] in the '''[[imaginary]] [[order]]'''.  This [[delusion|illusory]] kind of [[knowledge]], based on [[méconnaissance|misunderstanding]], [[méconnaissance|misrecognition]] (''[[méconnaissance]]''), and a [[fantasy]] of [[master|self-mastery]] and [[gestalt|unity]], is constitutive of the [[ego]].<ref>{{E}} p. 306</ref>
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===Paranoiac Knowledge===
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[[knowledge|Imaginary knowledge]] is called "'''[[knowledge|paranoiac knowledge]]'''" because it has the same '''[[structure]]''' as '''[[paranoia]]''' (both involve the [[delusion]] of [[absolute knowledge]] and [[master|mastery]]), and because one of the preconditions of all [[knowledge|human knowledge]] is the "'''[[paranoiac]] [[alienation]] of the ego'''."<ref>{{E}} p. 2</ref>
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===Resistance===
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[[Knowledge|Imaginary knowledge]] is an ''[[resistance|obstacle]]'' which hinders the [[subject]]'s access to [[knowledge|symbolic knowledge]].  '''[[Treatment|Psychoanalytic treatment]]''' must therefore continually subvert the [[subject]]'s [[knowledge|imaginary]] [[knowledge|self-knowledge]] in order to reveal the [[knowledge|symbolic]] [[knowledge|self-knowledge]] which it blocks.
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Latest revision as of 23:15, 23 May 2019

French: connaissance/savoir

In Lacan connaissance (with its inevitable concomitant, "méconnaissance") belongs to the imaginary register, while savoir belongs to the symbolic register.[1]

Jacques Lacan

Definition

The term "knowledge" has two meanings in Lacan's work. Lacan distinguishes between two types of knowledge:

Savoir

Symbolic knowledge refers to both the knowledge of the subject's relation to the symbolic order, and also to that relation itself. It is the articulation of signifiers in the subject's symbolic universe, the signifying chain (SS2.gif).

Unknown Knowledge

The "unconscious" is simply another name for symbolic knowledge insofar as it is an "unknown knowledge," a knowledge which the subject does not know it knows.

Absolute Knowledge

Psychoanalytic treatment involves a way to access symbolic knowledge, via a particular form of speech called free association. The aim of psychoanalytic treatment is the progressive reveletion of symbolic knowledge to the subject, rather than "absolute knowledge," because the unconscious is irreducible; there is an inescapable division between the subject and knowledge.

Jouissance' of the Other

Symbolic knowledge is knowledge of the truth about one's unconscious desire. In this sense, knowledge is a form of jouissance: "knowledge is the jouissance of the Other."[2]

Subject Supposed to Know

Symbolic knowledge does not reside in any particular subject, but is intersubjective. However, this does not prevent one supposing that somewhere there is a subject who possesses this symbolic knowledge (the subject supposed to know). The knowledge is attributed to the analyst by the analysand in psychoanalytic treatment. The analysand attributes knowledge to the analyst in psychoanalytic treatment.

Connaissance

Imaginary knowledge refers to the self-knowledge of the subject in the imaginary order. This illusory kind of knowledge, based on misunderstanding, misrecognition (méconnaissance), and a fantasy of self-mastery and unity, is constitutive of the ego.[3]

Paranoiac Knowledge

Imaginary knowledge is called "paranoiac knowledge" because it has the same structure as paranoia (both involve the delusion of absolute knowledge and mastery), and because one of the preconditions of all human knowledge is the "paranoiac alienation of the ego."[4]

Resistance

Imaginary knowledge is an obstacle which hinders the subject's access to symbolic knowledge. Psychoanalytic treatment must therefore continually subvert the subject's imaginary self-knowledge in order to reveal the symbolic self-knowledge which it blocks.

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits. Paris: Seuil, 1966. p. 281
  2. ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Le Séminaire. Livre XVII. L'envers de la psychanalyse, 19669-70. Ed. Jacques-Alain Miller. Paris: Seuil, 1991. p. 13
  3. ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p. 306
  4. ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p. 2


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