Choang-tsu’s butterfly: objects and the subjective function of fantasy.
(2006)
Journal Article
Neill, C. (2006). Choang-tsu’s butterfly: objects and the subjective function of fantasy. Gramma: journal of theory and criticism, 14, 61-70
In the sixth chapter of the Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis, Lacan refers to the taoist Choang-tsu's well known parable of the dream butterfly. Choang-tsu poses the question of how, after waking from a dream of being a butterfly, he can t... Read More about Choang-tsu’s butterfly: objects and the subjective function of fantasy..