The clinic of psychoanalysis in times of capitalism - Stijn Vanheule (May 7th 2023)
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2023
- In addition to the four discourses he described in Seminar XVII, in 1972 Lacan also put forward a matheme that characterizes capitalism: the capitalist discourse. Lacan considers this discourse to be an amended version of the discourse of the master. In this talk Stijn Vanheule explores the particularities of the capitalist discourse and discuss its fundamental differences with respect to the other discourses. The capitalist logic is considered as a most extreme form of mechanical thinking in which man and society are seen as a machine - a mode of thinking that took shape since the Enlightenment. Contemporary belief in science makes up a component of this mechanical mode of thinking. The truth of capitalist discourse is that it disavows the non-rapport and associated forms of jouissance that lie at the basis of any subjectivity and any social bond. Capitalist discourse entails a specific position vis-à-vis discontent, in which it is assumed that this latter can be resolved by way of fetishized consumption. Many contemporary psychiatric disorders can be read in terms of such a position towards discontent.
Interestingly, the covid pandemic has shed a new light on the clinic of capitalism. Confinement measures challenge habitual ways of dealing with non-rapport. Solitary ways of administering jouissance have been magnified, and measures articulated in the name of science provoke the paranoid fear of being the object of a malignant enjoying other.
Thank you . great presentation /lecture
Thank you Stijn. Your paper ‘Capitalist Discourse, Subjectivity and Lacanian Psychoanalysis’ has been a touchstone for me, and its wonderful to have this video as well. Many thanks to Derek for this treat.
Thank you for these incredibly informative presentations. There are few RUclips videos presenting the capitalist discourse, and this must be one of the clearest explanations.
Mattias Desmet and Fabio Vighi gave probably the best interpretation of the pandemic or of the pandemic of capitalism. And Shunyamurti with The 4 Discourses of the Dao: Zhuangzi Meets Lacan gave the best psychological tools for survival in these times.
Excellent! 👏👏👏 Salut from Bordeaux
Very nice presentation, thanks!
Brilliantly explained. Thanks
Superb
Excellent ending
Now we understand, thanks Derek, hahaha