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The Logic of Fantasy in Lacan: Desire, Object 'a' and the Clinical Structure of the Subject: A Guide to Understanding Lacan's Fundamental Matheme

by William Marcos Silva
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798277158432
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
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  • Pages: 126
  • Original Price: GBP 12.48
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 155 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis

The Logic of Fantasy in Lacan, by William Marcos, a Brazilian psychoanalyst and philosopher, is the definitive guide for readers who want to understand - in a clear, precise, and rigorously argued way - one of the most enigmatic and decisive concepts in Lacanian psychoanalysis: fantasy (phantasm).

Drawing from Lacan's main Seminars (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 20), William Marcos presents a complete conceptual path that explains:

  • how the subject sustains desire,

  • how the objet a operates within fantasy,

  • why fantasy structures the subject's position, and

  • how it functions as a screen, a logical operator, and a clinical axis.

Moving from Freud to Lacan, with references to Winnicott, the book demonstrates that fantasy:

  • is an original structure, not a daydream;

  • functions as a logical montage, not imagination;

  • supports desire and defines the subject's relation to the Real;

  • organizes symptoms, repetition, and defenses;

  • stands at the center of the Lacanian clinic - the point from which the crossing of fantasy becomes possible.

Written in a didactic yet rigorous style, this unpublished work is ideal both for students of psychoanalysis and psychology, and for experienced clinicians who want to finally clarify - with conceptual precision - one of the most misunderstood themes in Lacanian theory.

This book shows why no other psychoanalytic tradition has produced a structural theory of fantasy comparable to Lacan's - and why understanding the phantasm means understanding the very heart of the clinic.

Perfect for courses, study groups, supervision, and professional training.

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