
In light of how we view this video, I'd like to point out that , no great insight here but Lacan is dead. So, obviously, we are not directing our criticism towards him as a living man, long deceased; such criticism would be futile. But neither are we criticising his ideas as in a vaccum. If it were just the ideas, why all the vitriol, symptomatic of rivaly and competitiveness between living people? Because, it might be said, of the damage these ideas have caused, or perhaps because they are absolutely impossible to understand? But in both cases, of course, its not the ideas themselves which cause damage or confuse - it is what health workers, educators and the like do with them. It's our response to their interpretation and implementation which kick-starts our reaction, their processing in the Symbolic by others with whom we compete, and not simply the content of his work. And there's another side to our reaction. What sort of associations are typically made with Lacan? If, as Noam Chomsky once said after meeting him, he really was a charlatan, then how do we feel about psychoanalysis in general. If it lacks value, perhaps it's only in its lack of curatve efficacy. And maybe Lacan is a case of, too much talk, not enough action, or something like that. But, without over-egging it, by making cures the be-all-and-end-all of psychoanalysis, don't we provide a kind of cold comfort to the afflicted. If a cure isnt already known, but the model is right, then the specialist can <b>...</b>
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