Desire, Language, Phallus

Ahmad Fuad Rahmat, Projek Dialog | Sharaad Kuttan, BFM 89.9

02-Sep-15 21:00

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This week we discuss the iconic French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan's theory of language. What is language, exactly? And what does it offer us? And how on earth is it connected to the phallus? Listen in to find out!

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Tags: Desire, language, phallus, Jacques Lacan, Theory of language, French, Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, Culture, Critical theory, Education, Symbolic, Therapy, Sigmund Freud, Freudian theory, Talking cure, Freudian unconscious, Human behaviour, Speech, Utterances, Implicit, Freudian slips, Identity, Patriarchal, Gender, Male gaze, Female, Development, Family, Father, Mother, Phallic power, Recognition, Phallic symbol, Illusions, Lack of a phallus, Night School

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