Publication of Scilicet in English
A REAL FOR THE 21st CENTURY
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Scilicet – A Real 21st for the Century
Towards the 9th Congress
of the World Association of Psychoanalysis
of the World Association of Psychoanalysis
In the 21st century,
we note a great disorder in the real. Two discourses are shaking our
traditions. The discourse of science touches on the real of sex, procreation,
death, impacting the social bond and disrupting the world. And the discourse of
capitalism leaves us destitute in the face of the imperatives of free
competition and addictive gadgets. The real no longer responds to the “laws of
nature”, guarantee of yesteryear. Can we rely on the binary capitalism-science
to control it?
we note a great disorder in the real. Two discourses are shaking our
traditions. The discourse of science touches on the real of sex, procreation,
death, impacting the social bond and disrupting the world. And the discourse of
capitalism leaves us destitute in the face of the imperatives of free
competition and addictive gadgets. The real no longer responds to the “laws of
nature”, guarantee of yesteryear. Can we rely on the binary capitalism-science
to control it?
Capitalism and science would claim to reduce
the real to relations of cause and effect. Yet the real always surprises us –
there is no sense there, and its effects mark each one of us. Where can we find
direction to deal with the lawless real of our times? Psychoanalysts
continually examine and renew their practice in light of this question. This
volume of Scilicet brings clarity to
this challenge with 136 concise texts in alphabetical order, inviting the
reader to chance encounters… Anxiety, Bioethics, Clinic, Deciphering…
the real to relations of cause and effect. Yet the real always surprises us –
there is no sense there, and its effects mark each one of us. Where can we find
direction to deal with the lawless real of our times? Psychoanalysts
continually examine and renew their practice in light of this question. This
volume of Scilicet brings clarity to
this challenge with 136 concise texts in alphabetical order, inviting the
reader to chance encounters… Anxiety, Bioethics, Clinic, Deciphering…
Faced with the drift engendered by the
tide of the dominant discourses, Lacanian psychoanalysis sets the course to
find new knottings with the real.
tide of the dominant discourses, Lacanian psychoanalysis sets the course to
find new knottings with the real.
@scilitwitt
Just like tweets: super-short texts that cut to the
quick of postmodern issues. Our “scilitwitts”
are thus born in this Scilicet.
quick of postmodern issues. Our “scilitwitts”
are thus born in this Scilicet.
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@scilitwitt
Brainstorming over the Atlantic! Efflorescence of
today’s issues: abnormality, organic-green, speed dating, internet, ecstasy,
universality…
today’s issues: abnormality, organic-green, speed dating, internet, ecstasy,
universality…
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@scilitwitt
Review current affairs, literature, science in
relation to the real. Original, surprising, penetrating analyses to enlighten
our century.
relation to the real. Original, surprising, penetrating analyses to enlighten
our century.
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This publication receives the support of the Council
of the World Association of Psychoanalysis
of the World Association of Psychoanalysis
A New Lacanian School Publication
© École de la Cause freudienne, Paris, 2014
