Virtual Enjoyment - Introduction

Neill, Calum

Abstract

This introductory session will provide an overview and context for the sessions ahead. It will provide a gloss of the two seminars, Seminar XVI From an Other to the other, and Seminar XVII The Other Side of Psychoanalysis, on which we will focus over the course of our week together before moving on to consider three core aspects of the seminars. Firstly, we will map out Lacan’s key interlocutors in these two seminars, namely Pascal, Marx, Hegel, Plato, and Wittgenstein. This brief exploration of Lacan’s touchpoints will allow a framework for our later interrogation of the work of the seminars. We will then consider the emergence of the concept of surplus jouissance which Lacan begins to develop out of his reading of Marx’s Capital in Seminar XVI and continues to exploit into Seminar XVII. Finally, we will explore Lacan’s four discourses, considering the conceptual bases and value of what Lacan refers to as his quadrupedal schemas.

Citation

Neill, C. (2022, July). Virtual Enjoyment - Introduction. Presented at Virtual Enjoyment, Amsterdam

• Presentation Conference Type: Presentation / Talk
• Conference Name: Virtual Enjoyment
• Start Date: Jul 18, 2022
• End Date: Jul 22, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jul 18, 2023
• Keywords: discourse, Lacan, Marx, Hegel, Wittgenstein, Plato
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3084944