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1962-1963 Le séminaire, Livre X: L'angoisse.
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[[Lacan]] states that in ''Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety''<ref>(1926, S.E. XX)</ref> [[Freud]] speaks of everything but [[anxiety]] just "to leave the emptiness in which there is anxiety."
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This [[affect]], related to the [[structure]] of the [[subject]], is not repressed but adrift; only the signifiers that anchor it are repressed.
 
For Lacan anxiety, ''angoisse'', is not without an [[object]], but this object is unknown.
 
  
Since anxiety is linked to [[desire]], and [[fantasy]] is the support of desire, the starting point is the ''fantasme'' elaborated in the [[Graph of Desire]] in ''Les formations de l'inconscient'': [[Image:lacansem1b1.gif]] <>a (Subject barred by the signifier/relation to/''[[objet a]]'', which is the [[object of desire]], the [[imaginary]] [[part-object]], an element imagined as separable from the rest of the body).  
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[[Lacan]] states that in <i>Inhibitions, [[Symptoms]] and Anxiety</i> (1926, S.E. XX) [[Freud]] speaks of everything but [[anxiety]] just "to leave the emptiness in which there is anxiety."  This [[affect]], related to the [[structure]] of the [[subject]], is not [[repressed]] but adrift; only the [[signifier]]s that anchor it are [[repressed]].  For [[Lacan]] [[anxiety]], <i>[[angoisse]]</i>, is not without an [[object]], but this [[object]] is unknown.  Since [[anxiety]] is linked to [[desire]], and [[fantasy]] is the support of [[desire]], the starting point is the <i>[[fantasme]]</i> elaborated in the [[Graph of Desire]] in <i>[[Les formations de l'inconscient]]</i>: [[Image:lacansem1b1.gif|12px]]&lt;&gt;<i>a</i>  ([[Subject]] [[bar]]red by the [[signifier]]/relation to/<i>[[objet a]]</i>, which is the [[object of desire]], the [[imaginary]] [[part-object]], an element imagined as separable from the rest of the [[body]]). He then proceeds to define <i>[[objet a]]</i> which relates [[anxiety]] with [[desire]].
He then proceeds to define ''objet a'' which relates anxiety with desire.
 
''Objet a'' is the [[cause of desire]], not its aim.
 
On one hand, it is "the residue of division when the subject is marked by the 'unbroken line' of the signifier in the field of the Other."
 
''Objet a'' is different from the a of the [[mirror stage]], it is not specular; neither is it "visible in what continues for the subject the [[image]] of his desire."
 
It is what is lost during the original constitution of the [[subject]] where the [[Father]] is primary.
 
If we consider the body, ''objet a'' is not created by the separation from the [[mother]], but from the separation from the body proper.
 
''Objet a'' is the placenta, ''l'hommelette'', and even the breast tied to the subject and detached from the mother.  
 
  
They are all [[objects of desire]] for us, and there is no anxiety for the [[woman]].
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<i>[[Objet a]]</i> is the [[cause]] of [[desire]], not its aim. On one hand, it is "the residue of [[division]] when the subject is marked by the 'unbroken line' of the signifier in the field of the Other." <i>[[Objet a]]</i> is different from the <i>a</i> of the [[mirror]] [[stage]], it is not [[specular]]; neither is it "[[visible]] in what continues for the [[subject]] the [[image]] of his [[desire]]." It is what is lost during the original [[constitution]] of the [[subject]] where the [[Father]] is primary.  If we consider the [[body]], <i>[[objet a]]</i> is not created by the [[separation]] from the [[mother]], but from the [[separation]] from the [[body]] proper. <i>[[Objet a]]</i> is the placenta, <i>l'hommelette</i>, and even the [[breast]] tied to the [[subject]] and detached from the [[mother]].  They are all [[objects]] of [[desire]] for us, and there is no [[anxiety]] for the [[woman]]. In a [[system]] centered on the [[signifier]], <i>[[objet a]]</i> seems to be the irreducible [[Real]], "a lack which the symbol does not fill in," a "real [[deprivation]]."
In a system centered on the signifier, ''objet a'' seems to be the irreducible [[Real]], "a lack which the symbol does not fill in," a "real deprivation."
 
On the other hand, anxiety arises when lack comes to be lacking.
 
It is not nostalgia for the material breast, but the threat of its imminence.
 
Lacan uses Jone's analysis of the nightmare, "this being, the incubus, who weighs on our chest with his opaque weight of foreign ''jouissance''," "who crushes the subject under his jouissance," and who is "a questioner."
 
Anxiety, like desire, is linked to the [[Other]], to the ''[[jouissance]]'' and to the demand of the Other.  
 
Lacan links it to the terrible commandment of the Father-God: "''Jouis''!"
 
For instance, what or whose apparition does for the sudden gap of an opening window (The [[Wolf Man]])?
 
An [[uncanny]] strangeness or familiarity, it is the horror of the [[Thing]] against which only [[desire]] and [[law]] combined are able to protect us.
 
This takes place when the [[subject]] loses the support of the lack that allows him to constitute himself: - F (the [[phallus]] as symbol of lack).  
 
It is difficult to situate - F and ''objet a'' in their mutual rapport.
 
The phallus is sometimes the ''agalma'', and sometimes an operating libidinal reserve that saves the subject from the fascination of the part object.
 
Hence, the importance granted to [[symbolic]] [[castration]] in front of "the father's opaque and ungraspable desire," a [[castration]] at the origin of the law.
 
Anxiety, then, is an affect, not an emotion; the only affect which is beyond all doubt and which is not deceptive.
 
Whereas Freud distinguishes between fear (focused on a specific object) and anxiety (which is not), Lacan posits anxiety as not without an object: it simply involves a different kind of object, one that cannot be symbolized as other objects are.
 
This object is ''objet a'', the [[object-cause-of-desire]], and anxiety arises when something fills the place of it, when the subject is confronted by the desire of the Other and does not know what object he is for that desire.
 
Also Lacan links anxiety to lack.
 
All desire springs from lack, and anxiety appears when this lack is in itself lacking: "anxiety is the lack of a lack."  
 
  
Anxiety is not the absence of the breast, it is rather the possibility of its absence which saves the subject from anxiety.  
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On the other hand, [[anxiety]] arises when [[lack]] comes to be [[lacking]].  It is not [[nostalgia]] for the [[material]] breast, but the [[threat]] of its imminence.  [[Lacan]] uses Jone's [[analysis]] of the [[nightmare]], "this [[being]], the incubus, who weighs on our chest with his opaque weight of foreign <i>jouissance</i>," "who crushes the subject under his <i>jouissance</i>," and who is "a questioner."  [[Anxiety]], like [[desire,]] is linked to the Other, to the <i>[[jouissance]]</i> and to the [[demand]] of the [[Other]].  [[Lacan]] [[links]] it to the terrible commandment of the [[Father]]-[[God]]: "<i>Jouis!</i>" For [[instance]], what or whose apparition does for the sudden gap of an opening window (<i>The [[Wolf Man]]</i>)?  An [[uncanny]] strangeness or familiarity, it is the [[horror]] of the [[Thing]] against which only desire and law combined are able to protect us.  This takes [[place]] when the [[subject]] loses the support of the [[lack]] that allows him to constitute himself: - F (the [[phallus]] as [[symbol]] of [[lack]]).  It is difficult to situate - F and <i>[[objet a]]</i> in their mutual rapport.  The [[phallus]] is sometimes the <i>[[agalma]]</i>, and sometimes an operating [[libidinal]] reserve that saves the subject from the [[fascination]] of the [[part object]]. Hence, the importance granted to [[symbolic]] [[castration]] in front of "the father's opaque and ungraspable desire," a [[castration]] at the origin of the [[law]].
  
Acting out and passage to the act are last defenses against anxiety
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[[Anxiety]], then, is an [[affect]], not an [[emotion]]; the only affect which is beyond all [[doubt]] and which is not deceptive.  Whereas Freud distinguishes between [[fear]] (focused on a specific object) and anxiety (which is not), [[Lacan]] posits [[anxiety]] as not without an object: it simply involves a different kind of [[object]], one that cannot be [[symbol]]ized as other objects are.  This object is <i>[[objet a]]</i>, the object-cause-of-desire, and [[anxiety]] arises when something fills the place of it, when the [[subject]] is confronted by the [[desire]] of the [[Other]] and does not [[know]] what object he is for that [[desire]].  Also [[Lacan]] links [[anxiety]] to [[lack]].  All [[desire]] springs from [[lack]], and [[anxiety]] appears when this [[lack]] is in itself lacking: "anxiety is the lack of a lack."  [[Anxiety]] is not the [[absence]] of the breast, it is rather the possibility of its [[absence]] which saves the [[subject]] from [[anxiety]].  [[Acting out]] and [[passage to the act]] are last [[defense]]s against [[anxiety]].
  
And what happens in the cure? How can the analyst measure how much anxiety a patient can bear?  
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And what happens in the [[cure]]? How can the [[analyst]] measure how much [[anxiety]] a [[patient]] can bear? How may the [[analyst]] deal with his own [[anxiety]]? The [[desire of the analyst]] is here involved and he has to institute, along with [[anxiety]], the - F, an emptiness whose function is [[structural]].
How may the analyst deal with his own anxiety?  
 
The desire of the analyst is here involved and he has to institute, along with anxiety, the - F, an emptiness whose function is structural.
 
  
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An English [[translation]] of [[Seminar VIII]], made from unpublished French transcripts, was made by a [[reading]] group associated with [http://www.lacaninireland.com ''Jacques Lacan in Ireland''] and arranged in a presentable [[form]] by Tony Hughes.
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<b>Le séminaire, Livre X: L'angoisse.</b><br>
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[[English]]: unpublished.
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Seminar IX Seminar XI


1962 - 1963 Seminar X L'angoisse
Anxiety
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Lacan states that in Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety (1926, S.E. XX) Freud speaks of everything but anxiety just "to leave the emptiness in which there is anxiety." This affect, related to the structure of the subject, is not repressed but adrift; only the signifiers that anchor it are repressed. For Lacan anxiety, angoisse, is not without an object, but this object is unknown. Since anxiety is linked to desire, and fantasy is the support of desire, the starting point is the fantasme elaborated in the Graph of Desire in Les formations de l'inconscient: Lacansem1b1.gif<>a (Subject barred by the signifier/relation to/objet a, which is the object of desire, the imaginary part-object, an element imagined as separable from the rest of the body). He then proceeds to define objet a which relates anxiety with desire.

Objet a is the cause of desire, not its aim. On one hand, it is "the residue of division when the subject is marked by the 'unbroken line' of the signifier in the field of the Other." Objet a is different from the a of the mirror stage, it is not specular; neither is it "visible in what continues for the subject the image of his desire." It is what is lost during the original constitution of the subject where the Father is primary. If we consider the body, objet a is not created by the separation from the mother, but from the separation from the body proper. Objet a is the placenta, l'hommelette, and even the breast tied to the subject and detached from the mother. They are all objects of desire for us, and there is no anxiety for the woman. In a system centered on the signifier, objet a seems to be the irreducible Real, "a lack which the symbol does not fill in," a "real deprivation."

On the other hand, anxiety arises when lack comes to be lacking. It is not nostalgia for the material breast, but the threat of its imminence. Lacan uses Jone's analysis of the nightmare, "this being, the incubus, who weighs on our chest with his opaque weight of foreign jouissance," "who crushes the subject under his jouissance," and who is "a questioner." Anxiety, like desire, is linked to the Other, to the jouissance and to the demand of the Other. Lacan links it to the terrible commandment of the Father-God: "Jouis!" For instance, what or whose apparition does for the sudden gap of an opening window (The Wolf Man)? An uncanny strangeness or familiarity, it is the horror of the Thing against which only desire and law combined are able to protect us. This takes place when the subject loses the support of the lack that allows him to constitute himself: - F (the phallus as symbol of lack). It is difficult to situate - F and objet a in their mutual rapport. The phallus is sometimes the agalma, and sometimes an operating libidinal reserve that saves the subject from the fascination of the part object. Hence, the importance granted to symbolic castration in front of "the father's opaque and ungraspable desire," a castration at the origin of the law.

Anxiety, then, is an affect, not an emotion; the only affect which is beyond all doubt and which is not deceptive. Whereas Freud distinguishes between fear (focused on a specific object) and anxiety (which is not), Lacan posits anxiety as not without an object: it simply involves a different kind of object, one that cannot be symbolized as other objects are. This object is objet a, the object-cause-of-desire, and anxiety arises when something fills the place of it, when the subject is confronted by the desire of the Other and does not know what object he is for that desire. Also Lacan links anxiety to lack. All desire springs from lack, and anxiety appears when this lack is in itself lacking: "anxiety is the lack of a lack." Anxiety is not the absence of the breast, it is rather the possibility of its absence which saves the subject from anxiety. Acting out and passage to the act are last defenses against anxiety.

And what happens in the cure? How can the analyst measure how much anxiety a patient can bear? How may the analyst deal with his own anxiety? The desire of the analyst is here involved and he has to institute, along with anxiety, the - F, an emptiness whose function is structural.


English translation

File:Seminar-X-Revised-by-Mary-Cherou-Lagreze.pdf

An English translation of Seminar VIII, made from unpublished French transcripts, was made by a reading group associated with Jacques Lacan in Ireland and arranged in a presentable form by Tony Hughes.


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Author(s) Title Publisher Year Pages Language Size Filetype Downloads
Jacques Lacan Seminar of Jacques Lacan

Anxiety: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book X (Seminar of Jacques Lacan [1 edition] 074566041X; 9780745660417

Polity 2014 363 English 14 Mb pdf 1, 2, 3, 4, 5


English Audio


Related

Author(s) Title Publisher Year Pages Language Size Filetype Downloads
Roberto Harari Lacan's Seminar on Anxiety (The Lacanian Clinical Field)
1892746360, 9781892746368
Other Press 2001 181 English 52 Mb pdf 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

French

Date PDF
14 novembre 1962 link
21 novembre 1962 link
28 novembre 1962 link
05 décembre 1962 link
12 décembre 1962 link
19 décembre 1962 link
09 janvier 1963 link
16 janvier 1963 link
23 janvier 1963 link
30 janvier 1963 link
20 février 1963 link
27 février 1963 link
06 mars 1963 link
13 mars 1963 link
20 mars 1963 link
26 mars 1963 link
08 mai 1963 link
15 mai 1963 link
22 mai 1963 link
29 mai 1963 link
05 juin 1963 link
12 juin 1963 link
19 juin 1963 link
23 juin 1963 link
03 juillet 1963 link

French versions of Lacan's Seminars Source: http://ecole-lacanienne.net & https://valas.fr

File:Seminar-X-Revised-by-Mary-Cherou-Lagreze.pdf

File:Seminar-X-Revised-by-Mary-Cherou-Lagreze.pdf