New Remarks on the Passage to the Act - Lacan and the Lacanians

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jean Allouch, Allouch Jean
• Assisted by: Oscar Zentner (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032823607
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3282360-7
• No. of pages: 90
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Sociology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory, Religion: general, Psychotherapy, social and political philosophy, Criminal or forensic psychology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis