{"product_id":"the-psychoanalytic-act-book-xv-by-jacques-alain-miller-9781509567676","title":"The Psychoanalytic Act, Book XV","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Psychoanalytic Act, Book XV\u003c\/em\u003e is a Seminar marking a turning point. It deals with a single question, to which Lacan had previously only responded obliquely: \u003cem\u003ewhat is an analyst?\u003c\/em\u003e His reply is that an analyst is an analysand (a term Lacan introduces to replace 'being analysed') who has seen the analytic experience through to its end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is this ideal end? To find out, one needs to articulate the logic of the pathway through an analysis. At its beginning, there is an unprecedented desire, presupposing a breach—an act akin to Caesar crossing the Rubicon. This act is the analysand's, but the psychoanalytic act, in the strict sense, is performed by the psychoanalyst by opening up the field of 'subject supposed to know' to the analysand, where the unconscious is deciphered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the conclusion, the 'subject supposed to know' dissolves, while the analyst, its support, is discarded like Oedipus ending his life with his eyes gouged out. The analysand, now analysed, takes over as analyst. Yet, why would he choose this role when he now knows what lies in store for him?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA few lessons are devoted to the logic of quantification, which Lacan begins to explore, later developing into his theory of sexuation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe unforeseen conclusion sees Lacan commenting in the heat of the moment on the events of May '68, coinciding with the end of the Seminar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJacques-Alain Miller\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67808135643372,"sku":"9781509567676","price":71.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509567676-the-psychoanalytic-act-book-xv-1.jpg?v=1792527624","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-psychoanalytic-act-book-xv-by-jacques-alain-miller-9781509567676","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}