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Shoshana Felman

The Role of Reading in Analysis

In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the patient’s/analysand’s speech can be “read” as if it were text. Writing about this idea Shoshana Felman says, Lacan's view is more radical than that. For the activity of reading is not just the analyst's, it is also the analysand&
Neil Gorman 03 May 2023

Lacan on Reading & Psychoanalysis

What does Lacan say about the act of reading as a metaphor for psychoanalytic practice? Shoshana Felman offers the following: Lacan's particular perspective on the matter? "It is obvious," says Lacan, "that in analytic discourse, what is at stake is nothing other than what can
Neil Gorman 28 Apr 2023

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