Seminars

Introduction

These translations were originally done for a reading group of colleagues and graduates which has met since 1987.  Each translation was drafted during the summer vacation, was worked through on a weekly basis by the group and then given its present form.

Tony Hughes has undertaken the task of putting the original photocopies of the seminars into a presentable form.  Here is his description of where the work is at:

a)      All seminars will be updated to improve readability and give a more professional finished product. This requires a very large number of adjustments, given the number of seminars involved.

b)      The following seminars have the diagrams inserted: Seminars V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX,XIXa XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV.

d)      As each of the seminars is completed it will be added to the website and the existing version will be removed.

e)      We are also in the process of uploading Cormac’s original recordings and these will be added when they are available. Note that these were originally recorded for transcription purposes.

Seminars of Jacques Lacan 1953-1980
*=Translated by Cormac Gallagher

Click book number for page dedicated to that particular seminar. To download pdf document, click on the seminar title.

BookYearTitle/PDF
I1953-4On Psychoanalytic Technique
II1954-55The Ego in Freud’s Theory
III1955-56Freudian Structures in the Psychoses
IV1956-57Object Relations
V1957-58The Formations of the Unconscious
VI1958-59Desire and its Interpretation
VII1959-60The Ethics of Psychoanalysis
VIII1960-61Transference
IX1961-62Identification             
X1962-63Anxiety
XI1964The Foundations of Psychoanalysis
XII1964-65Crucial Problems for Psychoanalysis
XIII1965-66The Object of Psychoanalysis
XIV1966-67The Logic of Phantasy
XV1967-68The Psychoanalytic Act
XVI1968-69From an other to the Other
XVII1969-70L’envers: The other side of Psychoanalysis
XVIII1970-71On a Discourse that might not be a Semblance
XIX1971-72…Ou Pire… Or Worse
XIXa1971-72The Knowledge of the Psychoanalyst
XX1972-73Encore
XXI1973-74Les Non Dupes Errent Part 1
Les Non Dupes Errent Part 2
Les Non Dupes Errent Part 3
XXII1974-75RSI
XXIII1975-76Joyce and the Sinthome Part 1
Joyce and the Sinthome Part 2
XXIV1976-77L’insu que sait…Seminar XXIV Final Sessions 1 -12 1976 – 1977
XXV1977-78The Moment to Conclude
XXVI1978-79Topology and time
XXVII1980Dissolution
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