Table Of ContentTHE SEMIN OAFR
JACQUELSA CAN
BOOK II
By Jacques Lacan
ECRITSA: SELECTION
FEMININE SEXUAUTY
TELEVISION
THE SEMINAR OF JACQUESLA CAN
BOOK I:F reudP'asp erosn T echniqu1e9,5 3-1954
BOOK IIT:h eE goi nF reudT'hse orayn di nt he
TechniquoefP sychoanal1y9s5i4s-,1 955
BOOK IIIT:h eP sycho,s1 e9s55-1956
BOOK VIIT:h eE thicosfP sychoanal1y9s5i9s-,1 960
BOOK XI:T heF ourF undamentCaoln cepotfsP sychoanalysis
BookX X:O n FemininSee xualitthyeL, i mitosfL ove
andK nowledg1e9,7 2-19(7E3n core)
THE SEMINAR OF
JACQUES LACAN
EditbeyJd a cquesM-iAlllaeirn
BOOKI I
TheE goi nF reuTdh'eso arnydi nt he
TechnioqfPu sey choan1a9l5y4-1s9i5s5
TRANSLATEBDY
SylvaTnoam aselli
WITHN OTESB Y
JohnF orrester
W,W'NORTON & COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
Originalpluyb lishienFd r encahs L eS eminaiLriev.rI eI .
Le moida ns lat heordieFre e ude tda ns la
technidqeul eap sychanal1y9s5e4, -1955
byL esE ditiodnusS euiPla,r i1s9,7 a8n d
© LesE ditiodnusS euil1978
Englitsrha nsla©t iCoanm bridUgnei versPirteys1 s9 88
FirsAtm ericaend iti1o9n8 8
Firsptu blishaesad N ortopna prebac1k9 91
Allr ighrtess erved
Libraoryf C ongreCsast alogiinn-gPu-blicaDtaitoan
LacanJ,a cque� 1901-
The egoi nF reudt'hse orayn di nt he
techniqoufpe s ychoaynsail1s9,5 4-1955.
(The SeminaorfJ acqueLsa canb;k .2 )
ThanslatioLn em oofi:d ansl at heordieeF reud
etd ansl at echniqduele a p sychanalyse.
Bibliograpp.h y:
Includiensd ex.
1.E go( Psychology2). P sychonaalysis.
3.F reudS,i gmund1,8 56-193I9.. Title.S erIiIeL.sa :c an,
Jacque1s9,01.- SeminaidreeJ acqueLsa can.
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3 4 5 6 7 08 9
CONTENTS
page
Translnaottoer s' vil
Ackndogwelmeents ix
Abbreviations x
INTRODUCTION
I Psycholaongdym etapsychology 3
II Knowledtgreu,t ohp,i nion l3
BEYONDT HEP LEASURPER NICILPE,R EPETITION
7
III Thes ymboluinci verse 2
IV A materiadleifisnti toifto hne p henomenoofn
consciousness 40
V Homeostaasnidis n sistence S3
VI FreuHde,g ealn dt hem achine 64
77
VII Thec ricuit
THEF REUDIASNC HEMATOAF T HEP SYCHIC
APPARATUS
VIII Intorductitootn h eE ntfw ur 93
IX Playo fw ritsi ng 102
X Fromt heE ntfwt uotr heT raumdeutung 114
XI Censorsihsni opt r esistance 123
XII Thed ifficulotfir eesg ression l34
XIII Thed reaomf I rmai'nsj ection 146
XIV Thed reamo fI rmai'snc jteio(nc onclusion) 161
v
vi Contents
BEYONDT HE IMAGINRAY,T HE SYMBOLICO R FROM
THEL ITTLET OT HE BIGO THER
XV Oddo re venB?e yonidn tersubjectivity 175
XVI ThPeu rloLientetde r 191
XVII Someq uestifoontrsh et eacher 206
XVIIID esirlei,fa en d death 221
XIX Introducotfti hoebn i Ogt her 235
XX Objectiafineadl ysis 248
XXI Sosie 259
FINLAE
XXII Wherei ss peecWhh?e rei sl anguage? 277
XXIIIP sychoanaalnydsc iysb erneotrio cnst ,h en aturoef
language 294
XXIV A,m, a ,S 309
Bibrlpaihoyg 327
Index 331
TRANSLATORS' NOTE
1.
Whatf olloiwsas c omplettrea nslaotfti hoesn e mintahra Jta cquLeasc an
gavien t he.c ourosfea yeart'esa chiwnigt htihne t rainpirnogg ramomfet he
SocieFtrea n�adiesP es ychanalTyhseFe r.e ncthe xwta sp reparbeyJd a cques
AlaiMni lliencr o nsultawtiitJohan c quLeasc afrno,m t hetr anscripotfit ohnes
semin.a Crertamiinn ore rrorisnt het exhta veb eenc orrecitnet dh e
translaatnidow ni,lb le i ncorporianlt aetdee dri tioofnt sh eF rencthe xAltl.
noteasr es upplbiyeJ do hFno rres(twehroa lscoo mpiltehdei ndexi)no, r detor
clarqiufeys tiooftn rsa nslaatnidso unp plliym itbeidb liograipnhfiocramla tion.
2.
We havea imeadt a ne xacttr anslaTthiioisnn .v olvheosw,e vefirn,d ing
approprcioaltleo qEunigalli tsoch o rresptoo an tde xwth icihsb otihn formal
andc ompl-exar enditoifLo anc ans'pso keFnr encThh.e t ranslaatiimoasnt
beinbgo tihn formaanldl itercaorryr,e sponadsfi anigt hfauspl olsys iwbilteh
theo rigitneaxlt .
3.
Asw e needetdop aya dditioantatle nttioot nh eG ermabna ckgrouonfd
manyp sychoanacloyntciecp itnsm ,a nyp assagtehser equiremoefnt thsr ee
languahgaedst ob et akeinn taoc counThte.r hea sb eecno nsiderdaebblaietn e
Frencahn alyctiircc albeosu tth et ranslaotfFi roenu dw'osr ksi,n lapragret
stimulabtyte hde ssee minaorfLs a canw'hsi,c hu,n ttihle e arl1y9 60's, were
advertiasse' dC ommentaornite hse t extosfF reudI'n.r ecenyte artsh e
admiraEbnlgel ish eodfFi rteiuopdnr eparbeyJd a meSstr achehya sa lso been
thes ubjeocftd iscussainodnc riticiinst mh eE nglish-lanwgouralgde.
Anticipatthiedn egc isoifot nh en exFtr eutdr anslawteoh rasv,em adeo ne
deciswihoinc fho llotwhseF rencthr anslatoifFo rnesu adt t hee xpenosfe
Strachewyh'esr:'e inviensvtteiiis,nr v,e esmteiansptps'ea irnst heF rencthe xt,
correspontdoti hneGg e rma'n besbeettszzeeBtne,,sz eutnwgeh' a,v te ranslated
thibsy ' inveisntv,e stiendv,e stmeinnts't,eo af'd c athceactth,e cctaetdh,e xis'.
We havea lstor ansla'tupelds icoornr'e,sp ontdoi' nTgr 'ib,ye 'bdriavne'd
'ins'tc,oi rnrcestpontdoi' nIgtns i n, bkyt ''in stinctd'e;c itshiiioshsn a rdly
vii
viii Transl'asnt ootre
controveBrostihoa flt .h ese decaicscioorwndis t Shc hneiderman's practice.l
Othedre cisiaorneps o intoeudti nt he notes.
4.
ThiSse minatro,g etwhietrSh e minIa.rw hicihsb einpgu blisshiemdu lta
neouswlays,w orkeodnb yb otthr anslastoao str osp roduucnei formiinbt oyt h
terminoalnodgs yt ylWee. h avpea icdo nsideraatbtleen ttioto hnep ractiocfe s
previtroaunss latoofLr asac n i, np articAunltahro nWyi ldenA,lalSn heridan,3
StuaSrcth neideramnadJn a cquelRionseei ,n4t heh opteh asto mec onsistency
int heE nglirsehn ditoifLo anc acna nb ea chievIenad t.t empttiofn ogl loouwr
predeceswseo crasm,et ot hec onclustihoaint tw aso ftemno rea ccurattoe
rendoenre s ingFlree nch btyea rv ma rieotfEy n glitsehr mTsh.i wsa sm adea ll
them oren ecessianvr iye owf t hef actth aLta can''tse chnical' vwoacsa,b ulary
throughhoiuslt i fael,w aytse ntatainvdde e cideidnfl lyu Nxo.n etheltehses ,
translaotfit ohnefs o llowtienrgmh sa veo,rh avaec quirseudc,ih m portainnc e
discusosfiLo anc anw'osr kt haittm ayb eu seftuolp ointth emo utt,o gether
withc ertadiinff erenbceetsw eeonu rt ranslaatnidot nh aotf o theLra can
translators.
FERNCTHE RMP REVITORUASAN TSOLRTSH ITSR ANTSILOAN
parole Word( Wilden) }sp eech
significastiignoinfi ca(tSihoenr idan)
significaotrsi iognn ificance
meanin(gS chneider}man )
sens sens(eS chneiderman)
meaning
meanin(gS heridan)
sifigenri tom eano rt os ignify
travail labouorrw ork
5.
Int heo rigitneaxlwt o,r disna l anguaogteh etrh aFnr encwhe rper intiend
italWiec sh.a vef ollotwheidps r actiincdei,c aitnin nogt ewsh icwho rdisn t he
origianpaple arienEd n gliAsnhe .x cepttioto hnir su liesm adef otrh tee rm'es go'
and' moBtot.th h estee rmasr ter ansliantt ehdit se xbty' egow'h;e ni taliciitz ed,
is' egion't heF rencwhh;e n iisit n r oman ftahceeo ,r igiwnoarldi s' moe.
JOHFNO RSRTEER
SYLVANA TOMASELLI
CambriJdugn1ee8,9 6
I InRe turntioFn rge uCdl:i niPcsaylc hoanailnty hsSceih so o0l/La ea n,N ewH aveann Ldo nd:o n
YalUen iverPsriets1ys98 .0 p,p v.i i-viii.
1 Anthony Wtirladnaesnn.d,e d.Th,e La nguag0e/ t heS elTfh:e F uncti0o/Lan n guagien
PsychoanablyyJs .Laisc ,a n, BalJtoihmHnoosrp ek:iU nnsi verPsreists1y,96 8.
,J acqLuaecsa Bncr,i atS se:l ectLoinodno.:n T avisPtuolbcikc ati1o97n7sJ:,a cqLauceasn Th,e
FouFru ndamenCtoanlc eap/tPss ychoanLaloynsdi:os n,H ogParrtehas nstd h Ien stiotfPu styec ho
anal,y1 s97i7s.
• JulMiiethtce laln dJ acqueRloisneeed,.. s F eminine SexualiLatcya.na nJdat chqeEu ceosl e
Freudientnrea, nsblyaJt aecdq ueRloisLonene,d o:nM amcill1a98n2,.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thetr anslatwoirssth o a cknowletdhgeee n thusisahsomw bny t heS yndiocfs
the UniversPirteysf so rt hep rojeocftrt a nslatiLnagc ana.n dt hef riendly
patienacnedu nderstancdairnwegi twhh icthh ee ditoJrosn.a thSainn clair
Wilsoann dJ oannRaa inboaws.s isitnte hdep roductoifto hniv so lumWee. a re
alsgor atetfouS le bastian Gafrodhrni eswr e ll-infocrompeyed d itianngdt o
Jacques-MAillalifenor tr h em eticulous attednettiamoianln itfoe sitnte hde
substanatidavli hceeh asg iven.
