Vol 21 (3/4) 2003
The mental landscape of trauma – Julien Quackelbeen
Subject in a state of disintegration: A Lacanian reading of Lasch’s “The Culture of Narcissism” – Eli Noé
Psychosis and the Institution: On the Principles of Jean Oury’s Institutional Psychotherapy – Bart De Lepeleire
“Suddenly, they appear…”: On genuine, small and other Freudian case-studies – Wim Galle
Chance in Freud and P.T. Anderson’s Magnolia – Isolde Roose
“If only I could be able to write it all down”: Gerard Reve and the useless language of desire – Kris Pint
Milan Kundera and the sorrow of Don Juan – François Levrau
Milan Kundera and the sorrow of Don Juan
The Czech author Milan Kundera, one of the most famous contemporary "literary analysts", is recognized as a master story-teller of the relationship between men and women. In this article, Kundera's perspective is compared with the Lacanian statement that "there is no...
“If only I could be able to write it all down”: Gerard Reve and the useless language of desire
In this article, the reader is introduced to the fascinating fictional universe created by the Dutch writer Gerard Reve. Far from searching for the person behind the work, we examine how Reve creates his personality through his fiction, how he forges a new language...
Chance in Freud and P.T. Anderson’s Magnolia
This paper deals with the Freudian conception of chance and with the way in which this theme is elaborated in the work of writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson. Freud's interpretation of chance or symptomatic actions, belief in chance and in superstition is illustrated...
“Suddenly, they appear…”: On genuine, small and other Freudian case-studies
Reflecting on the three symposia recently organised by Idesça in cooperation with the Gezelschap voor Psychoanalyse en Psychotherapie, the author queries the status of so-called "small case-studies". With reference to (i) his own clinical experience; (ii) so-called...
Psychosis and the Institution: On the Principles of Jean Oury’s Institutional Psychotherapy
This paper aims to address how the institution functions for the psychotic. People with a psychotic structure often have difficulties integrating into a community and functioning within a social bond. This means that on the level of treatment it is not immediately...
Subject in a state of disintegration: A Lacanian reading of Lasch’s “The Culture of Narcissism”
In "The Culture of Narcissism" (1979), American social critic Christopher Lasch shows how the disintegration of traditional patriarchal authority and the rise of neo-capitalism has spawned a new, narcissistic form of subjectivity. In the current article, the author...
The mental landscape of trauma
Referring to the evolution of the psychoanalytic conception of trauma the author considers, based on clinical fragments, three questions with which we are confronted in the clinic of trauma. The first fragment about a trauma of incest, which was initially dealt with...