Sexuality and Psychoanalysis
Philosophical Criticisms
Jens De Vleminck (Editor), Eran Dorfman (Editor),
Series: Figures of the Unconscious 10
Category: Gender Studies, Psychoanalysis
Language: English
ISBN: 9789058678447
Publication date: October 20, 2010
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Series: Figures of the Unconscious 10
Category: Gender Studies, Psychoanalysis
Language: English
ISBN: 9789461660381
Publication date: March 20, 2013
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The relationship between sexuality and psychoanalysis can be described in terms of an old and stormy love affair. The same can be said about the relationship between psychoanalysis and philosophy. It is precisely this fascinating ‘love triangle’ that the present volume of essays aims to explore. A diverse group of philosophers and psychoanalysts reflected on the concept of sexuality in Freudo-Lacanian psychoanalysis. The result is a stimulating collection of essays where the role of sexuality in psychoanalysis is scrutinized from a philosophical point of view.
This volume does more than merely offer an alternative psychoanalytic account of sexuality. It also develops a wide range of philosophical reflections on sexuality as conceptualized by Freudo-Lacanian psychoanalysis, and in this way initiates a dialogue between the two concurrent disciplines.
This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements and Abbreviations 7
Sexuality, Psychoanalysis, and Philosophy – An Introduction
Jens De Vleminck
Section I – Sexuality and Metaphysics
What is Frightening about Sexual Pleasure? – Introducing Lacan’s Jouissance into Freudian Psychoanalysis via Plato and Aristotle
Paul Moyaert
Sextimacy – Freud, Mortality, and a Reconsideration of the Role of Sexuality in Psychoanalysis
Adrian Johnston
Death, Libido, and Negative Ontology in the Theory of Drives
Vladimir Safatle
Love of Truth, True Love, and the Truth about Love
Ruth Ronen
Derrida and Lacan – An Impossible Friendship?
Charles Shepherdson
Section II – Sexuality in Practice 119
The Sexual Animal and the Primal Scene
Elissa Marder
Between Disposition, Trauma, and History – How Oedipal was Dora?
Philippe Van Haute & Tomas Geyskens
Section III – Sexuality and Politics 155
Foucault versus Freud – On Sexuality and the Unconscious
Eran Dorfman
The Psyche and the Social – Judith Butler’s Politicizing of Psychoanalytical Theory
Veronica Vasterling
Foucault, Lacan, and the Concept of Technique
Cecilia Sjöholm
Section IV – Sexuality and Aesthetics
Between Signifier and Jouissance – Lacan with Teresa
Ari Hirvonen
Painting as Hysteria – Deleuze on Bacon
Tomas Geyskens
Epilogue – Sexuality and the Quarrel between Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
Eran Dorfman
Notes on the Contributors
Eran Dorfman schrijft in zijn epiloog dat de psychoanalyse en de filosofie elkaar kunnen bevruchten. En inderdaad in dit boek hebben meer dan tien filosofen en psychoanalytici, kenners van Lacan en Freud, uit verschillende werelddelen in twaalf boeiende en uitdagende essays bewezen dat het thema van de seksualiteit zeer geschikt is om deze wederzijdse bestuiving vrucht te doen dragen. De filosofen dagen de analytici uit om de psychoanalyse kritisch te bekijken en omgekeerd wordt aan de filosoof gevraagd om de psychoanalyse serieus te nemen.
LILI PHILIPPE, Tijdschrift voor Psychoanalyse - Zeventiende jaargang - 2011 - Nummer 4
Frequently Asked Questions
What is "Sexuality and Psychoanalysis" about?
The relationship between sexuality and psychoanalysis can be described in terms of an old and stormy love affair. The same can be said about the relationship between psychoanalysis and philosophy. It is precisely this fascinating ‘love triangle' that the present volume of essays aims to explore. A diverse group of philosophers and psychoanalysts reflected on the concept of sexuality in Freudo-Lacanian psychoanalysis. The result is a stimulating collection of essays where the role of sexuality in psychoanalysis is scrutinized from a philosophical point of view.
This volume does more than merely offer an alternative psychoanalytic account of sexuality. It also develops a wide range of philosophical reflections on sexuality as conceptualized by Freudo-Lacanian psychoanalysis, and in this way initiates a dialogue between the two concurrent disciplines.
This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
Who edited "Sexuality and Psychoanalysis"?
"Sexuality and Psychoanalysis" was edited by Jens De Vleminck and Eran Dorfman.
Jens De Vleminck is a philosopher, sexologist, and psychoanalyst (Belgian School for Psychoanalysis). He is Junior Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy (KU Leuven).
Eran Dorfman is a philosopher specializing in Continental Philosophy and Psychoanalysis. He is currently an Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellow at the Freie Universität (Berlin) and Program Director at the Collège International de Philosophie (Paris).
Is "Sexuality and Psychoanalysis" part of a series?
Yes, "Sexuality and Psychoanalysis" is part of the "Figures of the Unconscious" series. It's book 10 in the series.
In collaboration with the International Society for Psychoanalysis and Philosophy (SIPP-ISPP).
The peer-reviewed book series Figures of the Unconscious was founded in 2001 and provides a platform for exchange at the intersection of philosophy and psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis occupies a crucial position within contemporary philosophical thinking and many analysts are influenced by philosophical approaches.
Both philosophy and psychoanalysis are concerned with the nature of the subject, questions of knowledge and epistemology, sexuality, life and death, ethical issues, alterity, and the subject’s manifold relationships to the other - to other human and non-human beings and to its environment.
We welcome manuscripts in the areas and at the intersections of
- the history of psychoanalysis and Freudian thought
- the exploration of psychoanalytic concepts and the development of theories
- the research and development of the psychoanalytic movement
- psychoanalytic and philosophical concepts and ideas
- psychoanalysis, gender and queer studies
- interdisciplinary approaches that combine psychoanalysis with other scientific disciplines
- current developments in psychoanalytic approaches
- ethical approaches in psychoanalysis
- epistemological debates
Editors-in-Chief
Beatriz Santos (Université de Paris)
Herman Westerink (Radboud University)
Esther Hutfless (Sigmund Freud University Linz)
Editorial board
Jeff Bloechl (Boston College)
Advisory Board
Jozef Corveleyn (KU Leuven)
Monique David-Ménard (Université de Paris)
Rodrigo De La Fabián (Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile)
Jens De Vleminck (Leuven)
Eran Dorfman (University of Tel Aviv)
Laurie Laufer (Université de Paris)
Elissa Marder (Emory University, Atlanta)
Claire Nioche (Université Paris XIII)
Vladimir Safatle (Universidade de São Paulo)
Charles Shepherdson (State University of New York at Albany)
Guillaume Silbertin Blanc (Université Paris 8)
Raluca Soreanu (University of Essex)
Celine Surprenant (Paris)
Antônio Teixeira (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Johan Van Der Walt (University of Luxemburg)
Wilfried Ver Eecke (Georgetown University)
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Please make use of the submission form to present your manuscript or proposal to our board.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements and Abbreviations 7
Sexuality, Psychoanalysis, and Philosophy - An Introduction
Jens De Vleminck
Section I - Sexuality and Metaphysics
What is Frightening about Sexual Pleasure? - Introducing Lacan's Jouissance into Freudian Psychoanalysis via Plato and Aristotle
Paul Moyaert
Sextimacy - Freud, Mortality, and a Reconsideration of the Role of Sexuality in Psychoanalysis
Adrian Johnston
Death, Libido, and Negative Ontology in the Theory of Drives
Vladimir Safatle
Love of Truth, True Love, and the Truth about Love
Ruth Ronen
Derrida and Lacan - An Impossible Friendship?
Charles Shepherdson
Section II - Sexuality in Practice 119
The Sexual Animal and the Primal Scene
Elissa Marder
Between Disposition, Trauma, and History - How Oedipal was Dora?
Philippe Van Haute & Tomas Geyskens
Section III - Sexuality and Politics 155
Foucault versus Freud - On Sexuality and the Unconscious
Eran Dorfman
The Psyche and the Social - Judith Butler's Politicizing of Psychoanalytical Theory
Veronica Vasterling
Foucault, Lacan, and the Concept of Technique
Cecilia Sjöholm
Section IV - Sexuality and Aesthetics
Between Signifier and Jouissance - Lacan with Teresa
Ari Hirvonen
Painting as Hysteria - Deleuze on Bacon
Tomas Geyskens
Epilogue - Sexuality and the Quarrel between Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
Eran Dorfman
Notes on the Contributors
What is the DOI for "Sexuality and Psychoanalysis"?
The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for "Sexuality and Psychoanalysis" is 10.11116/9789461660381.
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