French Literature Reviews - 2026
The Trauma of Language, Clinical Studies
Philosophy, Anthropology and Ideas
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“The economy of jouissance, that is what is not yet quite within our grasp. It would be of some small interest if we were to get there. What can be seen of it from the analytical discourse is that, perhaps, we have a slight chance of finding something regarding it, from time to time, through essentially contingent pathways,” J. Lacan, Encore, May 8, 1973, Le Seuil, paperback collection, p. 148.
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§Christiane Alberti, senior lecturer at the Department of Psychoanalysis, University of Paris 8, member of the Ecole de la Cause freudienne, psychoanalyst in Toulouse
§Jean-Louis Gault, psychiatrist, member of the Ecole de la Cause freudienne, psychoanalyst in Nantes
§Alain Merlet, psychiatrist, member of the Ecole de la Cause freudienne, psychoanalyst in Bordeaux
§Yves-Claude Stavy, chief medical officer of psychiatric hospitals, child psychiatrist, member of the Ecole de la Cause freudienne, psychoanalyst in Paris
§Texts compiled by Hervé Castanet, university professor, member of the Ecole de la Cause freudienne, psychoanalyst in Marseille
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The field of Lacanian psychoanalysis examines the relationship between the subject and the symbolic order, particularly how language shapes psychic experience. This volume includes contributions by Christiane Alberti, Jean-Louis Gault, Alain Merlet, and Yves-Claude Stavy, compiled by Hervé Castanet, all members of the Ecole de la Cause freudienne. Readers interested in the application of psychoanalytic theory to clinical settings may find these contributions relevant to their study of the subject.
The contributions in this volume reflect a tradition of French psychoanalytic thought that prioritizes the clinical encounter as a site for investigating the effects of language on the individual. The text references the economy of jouissance as described by Jacques Lacan in Encore. By focusing on the intersection of psychiatric practice and psychoanalytic theory, the authors explore themes that occupy practitioners of the Ecole de la Cause freudienne within the context of contemporary clinical work.