Category Archives: Jacques Lacan

Dany Nobus on Jacques Lacan – two part discussion with Daniel Tutt

Posted on August 9, 2023 by stuartelden

Dany Nobus on Jacques Lacan – two part discussion with Daniel Tutt. Has a lot of fascinating archival finds of photos, articles and letters.

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Indo-European thought in twentieth-century France update 11: Dumézil and Charachidzé’s work on Ubykh; Lévi-Strauss and his archive; Eliade’s correspondence; Koyré’s networks; and continuing work with Dumézil’s archive

Posted on April 28, 2023 by stuartelden

My attempt with this project to keep to a broadly chronological order of working through of Georges Dumézil’s major publications (see last update) took a bit of a detour, as his 1931 book La Langue des Oubykhs led me to follow the thread … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexandre Koyré, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Emile Benveniste, Georges Dumézil, Italo Calvino, Jacques Lacan, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Mircea Eliade, Roman Jakobson, Umberto Eco, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Alexandre Koyré and a network of ideas – some additional reading suggestions

Posted on April 27, 2023 by stuartelden

Thank you to everyone who engaged with yesterday’s post Alexandre Koyré and a network of ideas. A few comments here and on Mastodon, but mostly on Twitter. Despite all its problems, I’ve yet to find anything which can replicate the engagement … Continue reading →

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Books received – Lacan, Eliade, Blanchot, Rousso

Posted on March 7, 2023 by stuartelden

Apart from the most-recent Lacan seminar to appear in the Points series, all bought second-hand. All connected to the Indo-European thought project in some way.

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Indo-European thought project update 9: Dumézil’s courses; Benveniste’s teaching records; Barthes, Lacan, Deleuze and Guattari, Derrida; and a forthcoming article on “Foucault and Dumézil on Antiquity”

Posted on January 31, 2023 by stuartelden

Over the last month I have made some progress on a few different aspects of this project.  The main task in Paris was continuing working through the boxes of Georges Dumézil’s courses, held at the Collège de France archives. I’ve now … Continue reading →

Posted in Emile Benveniste, Felix Guattari, Georges Dumézil, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan, Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes, The Archaeology of Foucault | 2 Comments

A big day for Lacan publications… Premier écrits, Seminar XIV: La Loqique du fantasme, English translation of Seminar XIX: Or Worse, Points edition of Seminar V

Posted on January 27, 2023 by stuartelden

27 January 2023 seems to be a big day for Lacan publications…                  Premier écrits – on which I say a little here Le Séminaire Livre XIV: La Logique du fantasme, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller – the first seminar to be published … Continue reading →

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Books received – Lévi-Strauss, Lacan, Tamm, Geoghegan, Barthes

Posted on January 23, 2023 by stuartelden

A few books bought recently, including Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan, Code: From Information Theory to French Theory and Jacques Lacan’s The Object Relation, recently out in paperback.

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Jacques Lacan, Le Séminaire Livre XIV: La Logique du fantasme, ed. Jacques-Alain Miller – Seuil, January 2023

Posted on January 20, 2023 by stuartelden

Jacques Lacan, Le Séminaire Livre XIV: La Logique du fantasme, ed. Jacques-Alain Miller – Seuil, January 2023 After a long gap, and some legal problems, the publication of the seminar is ongoing once again: « Logique du fantasme », l’expression … Continue reading →

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Jacques Lacan, Premiers écrits, Seuil, January 2023 [updated]

Posted on December 23, 2022 by stuartelden

Jacques Lacan, Premiers écrits, Seuil, January 2023 Avant que d’être psychanalyste, Lacan a été psychiatre. On n’aurait pas republié ses premiers écrits s’ils n’invitaient à une lecture après coup. Que nous apprennent-ils de la formation du futur analyste ? Sa … Continue reading →

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Parts of Georges Bataille’s library for sale (and a fascinating downloadable catalogue and inventaire)

Posted on November 5, 2022 by stuartelden

Parts of Georges Bataille’s library are for sale – story here. As you’d expect, things are rather expensive… A catalogue is available to buy – La bibliothèque de Georges Bataille – and to download as pdf here. petit in-4, broché, … Continue reading →

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