Lacanian Affects The function of affect in Lacan's work [Paperback]

Affect is a high-stakes topic in psychoanalysis, but there has long been a misperception that Lacan neglected affect in his writings. We encounter affect at the beginning of any analysis in the form of subjective suffering that the patient hopes to alleviate. How can psychoanalysis alleviate such suffering when analytic practice itself gives rise to a wide range of affects in the patients relationship to the analyst?

Lacanian Affects: The Function of Affect in Lacans Work, is the first book to explore Lacans theory of affect and its implications for contemporary psychoanalytic practice. In it, Colette Soler discusses affects as diverse as the pain of existence, hatred, ignorance, mourning, sadness, joyful knowledge, boredom, moroseness, anger, shame, and enthusiasm. Solers discussion culminates in a highlighting of so-called enigmatic affects: anguish, love, and the satisfaction related to the end of an analysis.

Lacanian Affectsprovides a unique and compelling account of affect that will prove to be an essential text for psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, psychologists, and social workers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

1. In the Beginning Was Freud

2. Anguish Reconsidered from the Other Side

3. Lacans Theory of Affects

4. The Lacanian Series of Affects

5. Enigmatic Affects

6. Analytic Affects

7. After Affects

Conclusion

Notes

References

Index

Here Colette Soler shows you a Lacan Inside Out. Whereas the animated film by Pixar plays on five emotions only (joy, sadness, fear, disgust, and anger), Soler examines a full array of affects in their Lacanian avatars: anguish,lÓ4