Language and Vulnerability—A Lacanian Analysis of Respect

• Published in: Frontiers in psychology Vol. 8; p. 2279
• Main Authors: Laufer, Laurie, Santos, Beatriz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media 22.12.2017; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: clinical practice; Humanities and Social Sciences; language; Psychology; recognition; symptom; vulnerability; recognition; clinical practice; symptom; language; vulnerability; Vulnerability; Language; Symptom; Recognition; Clinical Practice

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...