Psychoanalysis: Topological Perspectives : : New Conceptions of Geometry and Space in Freud and Lacan / / ed. by Michael Friedman, Samo Tomsic.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
• MitwirkendeR: Amir, Renen,; Blümle, Claudia,; Cohen, Rona,; Dolar, Mladen,; Friedman, Michael,; Hoens, Dominiek,; Tomšič, Samo,; Wegener, Mai,
• HerausgeberIn: Friedman, Michael,; Tomsic, Samo,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Psychoanalyse
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

The volume addresses the philosophical, epistemological and interdisciplinary aspects of the link between psychoanalysis and topology. Looking at the historical developments of psychoanalytic theory, one can hardly overlook the significant presence of architectonic and geometrical references that traverse Freud's writings. Lacan's return to Freud made a decisive step in taking these metaphors seriously and engaged with the mathematical correspondence of Freud's topological models. He thereby intensified the link with topology, which obtained an important didactic and conceptual value. The contributions highlight the ongoing relevance of this »topological turn« in psychoanalysis by exploring both concrete topological objects and outline the philosophical framework that supports the relation of psychoanalysis to topology.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. The Spatiality of Thought -- Psychoanalysis and Topology - Four Vignettes -- Why Topology? -- Voice and Topology: The Tiny Lag -- Towards a New Transcendental Aesthetics? -- Part II. The Materiality of Topology -- Secret Topology -- Torus and Identification -- The Unreadable Letter -- The Spatiality of Being -- List of Figures -- Authors