By: Nick Popow Abstract: Althusser and Lacan: Theory of the SubjectFrom Descartes’ Cogito to Husserl’s transcendental consciousness, the Subject has undergone countless formulations over the course of philosophical history. In “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses,” Louis Althusser proposed a complete rethinking of the Subject. For Althusser, to be a Subject is to have one’s thoughts,Continue reading “Wounds and Repetition: The Death Drive in the Subject’s Sensorium”
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Madness in Lacan and Foucault
By: Christopher Power Abstract: This paper highlights certain affinities between the work of Jacques Lacan and Michel Foucault. It takes as a starting point the notion of madness articulated in Jacques Lacan’s “Fonction et champ de la parole et du langage en psychanalyse”, the speech he gave in Rome in 1966 that marked his breakContinue reading “Madness in Lacan and Foucault”
Uncanny Foreign Objects (Unheimliche Fremde Objekte): Lacan’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind
By: Jerry Aline Flieger Abstract: In a talk delivered in 2016, (“Why do We Laugh at UFO’s?”), I referenced Freud’s theory about the social function of jokes to speculate on why the mention of UFO’s is almost always met with laughter (34th International Psyart Conference, Reims, France; published as “Objets trouvés: L’autre qui hante laContinue reading “Uncanny Foreign Objects (Unheimliche Fremde Objekte): Lacan’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind”