Lectures on Lacan Podcast Seminar XI, Episode 4
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Mar 13, 2023 Exploring Lacan's concept of the split subject and repression. Linking past trauma to present reactions. Understanding trauma, repression, and the return of the repressed. Using Fort Daugame to understand repetition. Exploring the subject's split and the privileged object. Exploring the concept of the gaze and its relationship to the eye. Discussing symbolic objects, death, and love.
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Trauma Causes Split Subject
- Trauma creates a split subject by introducing a lack of representation called the real.
- This split results in repression and the eventual return of repressed elements in the future.
Return of the Repressed From Future
- The return of the repressed always comes from the future, relative to the trauma.
- Repetition compulsion is a cycle of unlearned mistakes repeating until transformed into lessons.
The Real's Unrepresentable Void
- The real is a field where representation fails causing traumatic splits in subjectivity.
- The split subject represents this lack of representation as a zero, symbolizing an inner void that causes desire.