Lacanian Psychoanalysis in Berlin
In analytic work one often encounters subjects who speak with ease. They reflect, explain, analyse, and articulate their condition with clarity. They can recount their history, describe their relations to others, and situate their difficulties within family, society, or their cultural context. At first sight, this capacity for speech may appear aligned with the aims… Continue reading When Reflection Does Not Implicate
The text discusses the motivations behind becoming a psychoanalyst, emphasizing that intentions of healing and understanding typically stem from fantasy, which misaligns with the true role of an analyst. It argues that actual desire for analysis emerges only through personal analytic experience, leading to a novel relation to suffering and desire, independent of moral goals.
Leon Brenner 