Lectures on Lacan Podcast The Logic of Fantasy (Seminar XIV), Episode 3
Jun 5, 2023
Topics discussed in this episode include Lacan's exploration of the second structural lack and the concept of the barred other, the delusion of transparent consciousness and its connection to the discovery of the unconscious, Lacan's analysis of 'cogito ergo sum' and its implications on the concept of the self, the complex relationship between alienation, the unconscious, J.A., and castration, the importance of repetition and retroaction in Seminar 14, the connection between logic and fantasy, and the role of the big Other and the paternal function in a child's life.
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The One Too Many
- Every effort towards unity creates an additional one, a "one too many."
- This extra one, while seemingly extraneous, is actually essential and conditions the whole.
The Negative One
- This "one too many" appears as a negative one from the symbolic's perspective.
- This seemingly subtractive addition is represented by minus phi (castration).
Unary Trait and the "No"
- The unary trait, the primordial signifier, is the root of this additional one and often the "no" of the father.
- This first signifier acts as an incision, creating a space where "I am not."