The Real of Analytic Abstinence – Geert Hoornaert, Belgium (KRING-NLS)
from Lacanian Review Online After Freud pointed out that nothing can be killed in absentia or in effigy, Lacan insisted throughout his teaching that the cure requires a real presence, beyond the imaginary and symbolic body of the analyst. These two essential indications are of special relevance today. They situate the analyst in a…