Language and Vulnerability—A Lacanian Analysis of Respect

Lacan's original approach to language expands the reaches of psychoanalysis. Not limited to a set of technical instructions that guide "treatments of the soul," lacanian psychoanalysis can be seen as a theoretical toolbox whose utility is multidisciplinary. This paper contends that, b...

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Published inFrontiers in psychology Vol. 8; p. 2279
Main Authors Laufer, Laurie, Santos, Beatriz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media 22.12.2017
Frontiers Media S.A
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clinical practice
Humanities and Social Sciences
language
Psychology
recognition
symptom
vulnerability
recognition
clinical practice
symptom
language
vulnerability
Vulnerability
Language
Symptom
Recognition
Clinical Practice
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Summary:Lacan's original approach to language expands the reaches of psychoanalysis. Not limited to a set of technical instructions that guide "treatments of the soul," lacanian psychoanalysis can be seen as a theoretical toolbox whose utility is multidisciplinary. This paper contends that, by establishing a connection between (i) the idea that subjects are produced by language and bear the mark of the unconscious; and (ii) an approach to the production of symptoms that acknowledges the importance of their sense, lacanian theories enlighten discussions on the theme of vulnerability. We claim that Lacan's description of psychoanalysis as an apparatus that respects the person and (foremost) their symptoms generates evidence of the existence of a kind of recognition that takes into account the vulnerability of a given subject without assigning them to a fixed position of victim. This perspective enriches contemporary debates on the relationship between identity and vulnerability.
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This article was submitted to Psychoanalysis and Neuropsychoanalysis, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
Edited by: Rémy Potier, Paris Diderot University, France
These authors have contributed equally to this work and co-first authors.
Reviewed by: Daniela Flores Mosri, Universidad Intercontinental, Mexico; Olivier Putois, Université de Strasbourg, France
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02279