The Other Side of Psychoanalysis (Seminar XVII), Episode 1
Lectures on Lacan Podcast
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Language and the Signifier: Exploring Lacan's Thought
In this chapter, the hosts delve into Lacan's concept of language and the signifier, discussing how language is a virtual entity and specific languages are subsets of this structure guided by the logics of difference and repetition. They introduce the term 'S2' as an avatar of the big other and discuss how these bard others attempt to approximate completion and wholeness.
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