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| Title |
Capitalist Discourse, Subjectivity and Lacanian Psychoanalysis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, December 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01948 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Stijn Vanheule |
| Abstract |
This paper studies how subjectivity in capitalist culture can be characterized. Building on Lacan's later seminars XVI, XVII, XVIII, and XIX, the author first outlines Lacan's general discourse theory, which includes four characteristic discourses: the discourse of the master, the discourse of the university, the discourse of the hysteric and the discourse of the analyst. Next, the author explores the subjectivity and the mode of dealing with jouissance and semblance, which is entailed in a fifth type of discourse, the capitalist discourse, discussed by Lacan (1972). Indeed, like the other discourses that Lacan discerns, the discourse of the capitalist can be thought of as a mode of dealing with the sexual non-rapport. It is argued that in the case of neurosis the discourse of the capitalist functions as an attempt to ignore the sexual non-rapport and the dimension of the unconscious. Psychosis, by contrast, is marked by an a priori exclusion from discourse. In that case, consumerist ways of relating to the other might offer a semblance, and thus the possibility of inventing a mode of relating to the other. Two clinical vignettes are presented to illustrate this perspective: one concerning the neurotic structure and one concerning the psychotic structure. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 40 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 8% |
| United States | 3 | 8% |
| Italy | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |
| Czechia | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 15% |
| Unknown | 21 | 53% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 32 | 80% |
| Scientists | 5 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 67 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 67 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 19% |
| Researcher | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 18% |
| Unknown | 15 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 18 | 27% |
| Psychology | 13 | 19% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 7 | 10% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 12% |
| Unknown | 17 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 33. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 December 2023.
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