A CLINICAL INTRODUCTION TO LACANIAN PSYCHOANALYSIS Theory and Technique fovea City, A BRUCE PINK Harvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England 1997ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Jacques-Alain Mille-—the general editor of Lacan’s seminars and head of the Ecole de la Cause Freudienne, who is widely recognized as the foremost interpreter of Lacan’s work in the world today—taught me the lion's share of ‘what I know about Lacanian psychoaralysis. | am greatly indebted to his ‘ongoing “Orientation lacanienne,” the weekly seminar he gives as chairman of the Department of Psychoanalysis at the University of Paris VIII, Saint- Denis, which I attended from 1983 to 1989. He provided many of the keys that have allowed me to read Lacan, and—as was true of my previous book, The Lacanian Subject (above all, Chapters 2-5 and 10 and the appendixes)—I rely considerably on his published and unpublished lectures here. Chapters 6, 9, and 10 are in part based, respectively, on his essays “An Introduction to Lacan’s Clinical Perspectives,” “On Perversion,” and “Commentary on La~ can's Text,” and a number of the figures I use in Chapters 8, 9, and 10 are derived from figures that he discusses extensively. Indeed, references to his ‘work occur throughout, since it forms the backdrop for the view of Lacan's work I present. Colette Soler, one of the most experienced Lacanian psychoanalysts affili- ated with the Ecole de la Cause Freudienne, has been especially influential in my understanding of Lacan’s clinical work, and her work is quoted exten- sively here as well. Her essay “Hysteria and Obsession” was extremely useful to me in Chapter 8. Still, neither Jacques-Alain Miller nor Colette Soler would necessarily endorse the views expressed in this book—they would no doubt take issue with various interpretations proffered here. boise Fink made many useful comments that helped improve the read= ability of this book, and provided moral support throughout the writing process.—————— 10 CONTENTS Preface 1. Desire and Psychosnalytic Technique Desire in Analysis Engaging the Patient in the Therapeutic Process ‘The Analytic Relationship Interpretation: Opening Up the Space of Desire ‘The Dialectic of Desire TI, Diagnosis and the Positioning of the Analyst A Lacanian Approach to Diagnosis Psychosis Neurosis Perversion IIL, Psychoanalytic Technique beyond Desire From Desire to Jouissance Afterword, ‘A Note on Documentation Notes Recommended Reading Index u 28 2 75 m2 165 205 28 223 224 280 289