The Origin of the Subject in Psychoanalysis

This highly original work uses the Big Bang theory as a conceptual tool to address the question of the origin of the subject in psychoanalysis.

Alfredo Eidelsztein is an Argentine psychoanalyst. He holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Buenos Aires and is one of the founders and former director of APOLa International. He taught graduate courses at the University of Buenos Aires for more than 30 years and is the author of several books translated into a wide range of languages, including The Graph of Desire: Using the Work of Jacques Lacan (Routledge). He is the author of around 200 journal articles published in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, and English, and he teaches internationally. His online seminars can be accessed at www.eidelszteinalfredo.com.ar.

Foreword Series Preface for Alfredo Edelsztein's The Origin of the Subject in Psychoanalysis: Rethinking the Foundations of Lacanian Theory and Clinic Part I. Overture 1. Freud Should Not Be Saved Part II. Theoretical Perspectives 2. The Concept of Subject in Lacan's Theory 3. The Origin of the Subject in Psychoanalysis. On the Big Bang of Language and Discourse 4. The Symbolic in Lacan, or the Function of the Hole 5. Logic and Psychoanalysis. Alienation, Separation, and the - Operation Part III. Clinical Consequences 6. Ça parle (It Speaks), ça pense (It Thinks), and Subjective Responsibility 7. Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Lacanian Perspective Part IV. Appendix 8. Brief Presentation of the Big Bang Theory