Lacan: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis

Undergraduate / Graduate

This course is designed to be a discussion-rich seminar in which we carefully read through Lacan's Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis. The original mode of the work was as lectures over the university (École Normale Supérieure) spring term of 1964; it was published in book form nine years later in French and translated into English in 1978. It continues to be the best resource for thinking through Lacan's interpretations of the pillar concepts of psychoanalytic theory: the Unconscious, Repetition, Transference, and the Drive. Work required: close textual analysis and six response essays of 300-750 words each.