What is the aim of a book on the foreclosure of the Name-of-the-Father, the concept employed by Lacan to introduce psychosis within the analytic discourse? The critical relevance of that concept in the field of analytic theory accounts for this study, as the mere possibility to carry out a truly psychoanalytic treatment of the psychotic was subject to the thorough understanding of this notion and its clinic. The work reveals the dynamic character of the concept and on emphasizing the psychoticbs creative resources, it opens ...
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What is the aim of a book on the foreclosure of the Name-of-the-Father, the concept employed by Lacan to introduce psychosis within the analytic discourse? The critical relevance of that concept in the field of analytic theory accounts for this study, as the mere possibility to carry out a truly psychoanalytic treatment of the psychotic was subject to the thorough understanding of this notion and its clinic. The work reveals the dynamic character of the concept and on emphasizing the psychoticbs creative resources, it opens up new possibilities for treatment.
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