We are inaugurating Parlêtre Podcast with a series of episodes on Lacan’s formidable essay, “The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis”.
In this episode, we discuss the preface, introduction, and first section of the essay, where Lacan begins to distinguish between "empty speech" and "full speech" in psychoanalysis.
Audio episodes are also available on Spotify. Video episodes are available our YouTube channel (embedded below).
00:00 - 2:12 Introduction to Function and Field
2:13 - 5:33 Lacan's Ambition and the Return to Freud
5:34 - 9:28 The Saussurean Paradigm and Language Theory
9:29 - 15:14 Lacan's Critique of Contemporary Psychoanalysis
15:15 - 22:54 The Three Problems in Psychoanalysis
22:55 - 32:31 The Oracular Vernacular of Psychoanalysis
32:32 - 33:37 Symbolic Transference and Countertransference
33:38 - 37:31 Empty Speech vs. Full Speech
37:32 - 50:31 The Copernican Revolution of Psychoanalysis
50:32 - 52:47 The Role of the Analyst as Symbolic Intermediary
52:48 - 1:00:37 The Sacramental Nature of Psychoanalysis
1:00:38 - 1:23:16 The Function of Speech in Psychoanalysis
1:23:17 - 1:24:22 The Three Poisons and Passions of Buddhism and Psychoanalysis
1:24:23 - 1:36:20 Speech, Desire, and History
1:36:21 - 1:50:04 Logical Time
1:50:05 - 1:52:03 Repetition and the Death Drive
1:52:04 - 2:00:00 Love, Grace, and the Redemption of Speech
