Transference

Jacques Lacan (1901-1981) was one of the twentieth-century’s most influential thinkers. His many works include Écrits, The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis and the many other volumes of The Seminar.

• I. In the Beginning Was LoveII. Set and CharactersIII. The Metaphor of Love: PhaedrusIV. The Psychology of the Rich: PausaniasV. Medical Harmony: EryximachusVI. Deriding the Sphere: AristophanesVII. The Atopia of Eros: AgathonVIII. From Epistéme to MýthosIX. Exit from the Ultra-WorldX. ÁgalmaXI. Between Socrates and AlcibiadesXII. Transference in the PresentXIII. A Critique of CountertransferenceXIV. Demand and Desire in the Oral and Anal StagesXV. Oral, Anal, and GenitalXVI. Psyche and the Castration ComplexXVII. The Symbol XVIII. Real PresenceXIX. Sygne’s NoXX. Turelure’s AbjectionXXI. Pensée’s DesireXXII. Structural DecompositionXXIII. Slippage in the Meaning of the IdealXXIV. Identification via “ein einziger Zug”XXV. The Relationship between Anxiety and DesireXXVI. “A Dream of a Shadow Is Man”XXVII. Mourning the Loss of the Analyst

"It is to the benefit of the broader Lacanian world that this pitch-perfect translation – a decade or more in the making – is now available. Longtime Lacan translator, Bruce Fink, and Polity Press, both deserve commendation for this new addition to the series of Lacan�s seminars available in English. The scrupulous attention that has been dedicated to translating Lacan�s French into idiomatic English, the research evident in the detailed translator�s end-notes, and the formatting and finish of the final product (which includes a beautiful detail of Raphael�s School of Athens as a cover illustration) warrant it a special place in this series." Psychodynamic Practice