Lectures on Lacan Podcast The Logic of Fantasy (Seminar XIV), Episode 5
Jun 19, 2023
Exploring Lacan's ideas, the podcast discusses the belief in the existence of the other, the fantasy of an all-knowing figure, the invention of probability, spatial topology in psychoanalysis, the concept of symptoms and awareness, repetition and resonance, and the existence of little a.
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The Big Other Is A Fantasy
- Lacan's "fundamental fantasy" is that the big Other exists as a whole, complete guarantor of meaning.
- The truth is the big Other is structurally barred, split, and lacking, so that fantasy is false.
Nothing Guarantees Totality
- A totalizing container (like the dictionary or big Other) must exclude "nothing" to claim completeness.
- That excluded "nothing" becomes an entity worth analyzing in psychoanalysis.
Sexuality As A Defensive Fantasy
- Lacan treats the sexual act as a defense against accepting that the big Other doesn't exist.
- Sexuality promises unity and completion to mask the reality of a lacking Other.