New Remarks on the Passage to the Act considers what happens when psychoanalysis and the social sciences are called on to help modern societies overwhelmed by unexplained violence.

Jean Allouch examines key events – the crimes of the Papin sisters, Lacan’s case of Aimée and the murder of Hélène Rytmann by Louis Althusser – and unpacks the concept of the "passage to the act". The book assesses these classic cases, resorting to contemporaneous studies and literature, particularly discussing Marguerite Duras’ novel L’Amante Anglaise. The book also considers modern acts of terrorism.

New Remarks on the Passage to the Act will be of great interest to clinicians, academics and scholars of psychoanalysis, Lacanian studies, sociology, cultural studies and philosophy, and to Lacanian analysts in practice and in training.

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<p><i>New Remarks on the Passage to the Act</i> considers what happens when psychoanalysis and the social sciences are called on to help modern societies overwhelmed by unexplained violence.</p>

Foreword Jean Allouch in memoriam

Translator's Notes

Presentation of "New Remarks on the Passage to the Act" by Jean Allouch

Provenance of Texts

Acknowledgements

Introduction

I Actuality of the Passage to the Act

II To Think, to Act: Lois Althusser

III Passage to the Act and the Epic Leap: Marguerite Duras

Conclusion: Enlightened Passage to the Act: Lacan

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ISBN
9781032823614
Publisert
2025-03-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
370 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
90

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Oversetter

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Jean Allouch (1939–2023) was an internationally renowned psychoanalyst and one of the founders and directors of the review Littoral, as well as of the École Lacanienne de Psychanalyse (Paris). He was one of the most prominent and prolific authors in the field of Lacanian psychoanalysis.

Oscar Zentner is a Lacanian psychoanalyst trained in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with María-Inés Rotmiler de Zentner, he introduced in 1977 Lacan’s psychoanalytic tenets in Australia.