Speculating on the Edge of Psychoanalysis: Rings and Voids

Pablo Lerner's book Speculating on the Edge of Psychoanalysis challenges the prevailing paradigm of Lacanian psychoanalysis by proposing the existence of a primordial real void outside and independent of language. He re-thinks the structure and functioning of Lacans three orders and their complex interrelations, offering radical and original perspectives on a diverse range of psychoanalytical, philosophical, and theological topics. The book spans themes such as creation and poetry, death and solitude, intuition and mysticism, truth and being, pantheism and polytheism, and introduces a new mathematical conceptualization of psychoanalytic metapsychology and the clinical structures. It offers new psychoanalytic perspectives of great interest for practitioners and scholars in these fields.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 110 pages
Publication date: 02 August 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In his groundbreaking work, Speculating on the Edge of Psychoanalysis, Pablo Lerner challenges and extends the prevailing paradigm of Lacanian psychoanalysis, which emphasizes the supremacy of language and jouissance. He argues for the existence of a primordial real void that exists outside and independent of language. Lerner reevaluates the structure and functioning of Lacan's three orders, namely the symbolic, imaginary, and real, and their intricate interrelationships. He identifies three voids within these orders: silence, darkness, and emptiness. These voids converge in the gaps between these orders, shaping the fundamental structure of subjectivity.

Lerner offers a radical reimagining of the field of subjectivity, providing fresh and original perspectives on a wide range of psychoanalytical, philosophical, and theological topics. Chapters explore themes such as creation and poetry, death and solitude, intuition and mysticism, truth and being, pantheism and polytheism, the poetic art of interpretation, and introduce a novel mathematical conceptualization of psychoanalytic metapsychology and clinical structures.

This comprehensive volume is of immense interest to practitioners and scholars in the fields of psychoanalysis, philosophy, theology, and literary studies. It offers valuable insights and perspectives that will deepen our understanding of the human psyche and its relationship to the broader world.

Weight: 220g
Dimension: 156 x 235 x 9 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032244778