Lacan's Seminar 19: ...or Worse
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In this episode, Ryan and Todd continue their commentaries on Jacques Lacan's seminars by turning their attention to Seminar XIX: ...or Worse. Lacan deepens his consideration of the non-relation in this seminar, further breaking from the signifying chain that had defined much of his earlier and middle work. Lacan also turns more toward mathematics and set theory to ground his discursive inquiry, which requires him to articulate a seemingly new notion of the real. Ultimately, the hosts try to draw out the consequences and coordinates of these dynamic moves in Lacan's late work.
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The questions Lacan provokes in my mind are absolutely maddening. When I turn to other theorists, I’m never confronted with this level of questioning. But Lacan drives me insane. and I love him for it. He shifts the very boundaries of my thought, opening a world that feels entirely new to me. In Lacan’s universe, you don’t seek answers. You seek new questions.