Irreducible Woman
“Contrary to what is said, of phallic jouissance, “the” woman, if I dare say since she does not exist, is… Read More »Irreducible Woman
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Bibliographic Fragments
This obscure light which falls from the stars (Corneille, Le Cid, IV, 3).
Woman does not exist but we talk about it all the more. It is a generalised, productive, even flamboyant fiction in which psychoanalysis participates in its own way. For the bibliographer, this abundance is both a blessing and a curse, as the assurance that he or she will serve a purpose.
As the theme requires a light and evocative style, we will avoid the exhaustive bibliography in favour of lesser-known quotations accompanied by short comments. We will leave room for surprise, incomprehension and enigma.
Woman of letters
“The woman, I insist, who does not exist, is precisely the letter – the letter insofar as it is the… Read More »Woman of letters
Creation and creative
“It is always through identification with the woman that sublimation produces the appearance of a creation” Lacan. J., “The Logic… Read More »Creation and creative
All the women
“It is unthinkable to say The woman because one cannot say all the women, One cannot say all the women because it is only introduced… Read More »All the women
Born-psychoanalyst
What does woman want? is, as we know, the state of ignorance in which Freud remained until the end, in the… Read More »Born-psychoanalyst
The University Venus
“The University, if that is what I am explaining to you, is perhaps The Woman, But it is the prehistoric woman:… Read More »The University Venus
Birds of Weakness
“Such astounding butts… I didn’t draw it very well on the board, but it was to give you an impression. That’s… Read More »Birds of Weakness
One does not become a woman, but … !
“Becoming a woman and wondering what a woman is are two essentially different things. I would go even further –… Read More »One does not become a woman, but … !
Artificial
“The reader may now ask how I define womanliness or where I draw the line between genuine womanliness and the… Read More »Artificial
The Envy to Get Out
“Female sexuality appears, instead, as the effort of a jouissance enveloped in its own contiguity […] in order to be… Read More »The Envy to Get Out