Psychoanalysis: Topological Perspectives: New Conceptions of Geometry and Space in Freud and Lacan

Published by transcript Verlag 2016

Psychoanalysis: Topological Perspectives

New Conceptions of Geometry and Space in Freud and Lacan

Edited by: Michael Friedman and Samo Tomsic

In the series Psychoanalyse

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839434406

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The volume addresses the philosophical, epistemological and interdisciplinary aspects of the link between psychoanalysis and topology. Looking at the historical developments of psychoanalytic theory, one can hardly overlook the significant presence of architectonic and geometrical references that traverse Freud's writings. Lacan's return to Freud made a decisive step in taking these metaphors seriously and engaged with the mathematical correspondence of Freud's topological models. He thereby intensified the link with topology, which obtained an important didactic and conceptual value. The contributions highlight the ongoing relevance of this »topological turn« in psychoanalysis by exploring both concrete topological objects and outline the philosophical framework that supports the relation of psychoanalysis to topology.

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Michael Friedman (PhD) works in the interdisciplinary laboratory »Image Knowledge Gestaltung« at the Humboldt Universität in Berlin.
Samo Tomsic (PhD) works in the interdisciplinary laboratory »Image Knowledge Gestaltung« at the Humboldt Universität in Berlin.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Introduction That Obscure Space of Thinking Michael Friedman and Samo Tomšič Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Part I. The Spatiality of Thought
Psychoanalysis and Topology – Four Vignettes Mai Wegener Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Why Topology? Dominiek Hoens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Voice and Topology: The Tiny Lag Mladen Dolar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Towards a New Transcendental Aesthetics? Samo Tomšič Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Part II. The Materiality of Topology
Secret Topology Lacan’s Optical Models and Schemata as a Combination of Mathematics, Media, and Art Claudia Blümle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Torus and Identification The Beginning of Lacanian Mathematics Michael Friedman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
The Unreadable Letter A Topology of the Image-Knowledge Renen Amir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
The Spatiality of Being Topology as Ontology in Lacan’s Thinking of the Body Rona Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
List of Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Keywords: Philosophy; Epistemology; Topology; Topological Turn; Jacques Lacan; Sigmund Freud; Psychology; Post-structuralism; Philosophy of Science

eBook

Published: December 27, 2016
ISBN: 9783839434406