L’impromptu de Vincennes
« What you aspire to as revolucionaries is a master. You will get one ». Lacan’s bitter prediction adressed to the students of Vincennes remains in our memory of May 68 as an emblematic sentence meaning a missed encounter between psychoanalysis and revolution. This paper argues that the Lacanian’s t...
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| Language: | English |
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Association Portugaise d'Etudes Françaises
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Carnets |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/carnets/9717 |
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| Summary: | « What you aspire to as revolucionaries is a master. You will get one ». Lacan’s bitter prediction adressed to the students of Vincennes remains in our memory of May 68 as an emblematic sentence meaning a missed encounter between psychoanalysis and revolution. This paper argues that the Lacanian’s theory of four discourses leads to a reconceptualization of political action which hurts the utopian slogan of « unfettered enjoyment » claimed by students. At the heart of this misunderstanding is the university: on the students side, the pun « unis-vers-Cythère » points out the transfiguration of the university into a mythical place of sexual liberation; on Lacan’s side, the discourse of the university formalises the new face of capitalism without borders, backed by knowledge in the dominant position of all-knowledge. At stake is the political dimension of psychoanalysis. |
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| ISSN: | 1646-7698 |