Reviews

The Ethics of Psychoanalysis 1959-1960 by Jacques Lacan, Dennis Porter, Jacques-Alain Miller

seppeds's review against another edition

Een eerste functioneel grasduinen in dit werk, zeer spannend en absoluut frustrerend om te lezen.
Uitvoerige confrontatie met psychoanalytische theorie en ethiek van Bentham en Kant, filosofie van Heidegger (Das Ding) en Griekse tragedie Antigone. Volgens mij komt Lacan na een lang voorspel pas tot de zaak zelf bij de laatste colleges, maar misschien vergis ik me daarin.
Centraal werk in begrip van drift en sublimatie in Lacans theorie, ook schijnbaar meer leesbaar gezien er amper mathemen en grafieken te bespeuren zijn.
Voor een meer diepgaand begrip is in groep ermee aan de slag gaan en wat hulp door secundaire literatuur wel noodzaak, benieuwd hoe de betekenissen zich tonen in dat geval.

jnjones's review against another edition

informative

2.0

asher__s's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative medium-paced

4.5

nesposito's review against another edition

3.0

Story: ★★☆☆☆

Case: ★★★☆☆

Craft: ★★★☆☆

Study: ★★★★☆

walmartbayard's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

Compelling theorizng, especially Lacan’s readings of the ancient Greeks and the concept of Das Ding that he develops. Lacan inquires bravely and dares to follow his ideas to their logical conclusion, ignoring status quo and dogma. Lacan’s witty remarks make the reading an entertaining experience, although the material is dense and the book takes long to read as a a consequence 

ungezieferwerden's review against another edition

4.0

the use of christofictions has a poor utility for jouissance as a radical capacity or drive to evil (ie something maximally socially determined as such) and
lacan would have had better luck via cain and abel which would have also established ground for a link between oedipus and incest prohibitions a la levi-strauss. i’m always a fan of discussions of ethics but i gotta say i think levinas handled this better.

miguel's review

4.0

Some of the most readable and engaging of Lacan, for this reason it also suffers in terms of the incisiveness of its arguments. Because this volume is a transcribed series of talks across a year, there is repetition, digressions, and confusing references for the present day reader. Still, Lacan is an excellent speaker and his elastic thought comes across in the text. Developing a system of ethics drawn out from the fundamental tenets of psychoanalysis is no easy or enviable task. The fact that this volume is so fascinating and lucid, particularly for the notoriously difficult Lacan, is an achievement in and of itself.