{"product_id":"9798765106198","title":"Analyzed by Lacan: A Personal Account","description":"Author: Milan, Betty\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798765106198\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 28 Dec 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnalyzed by Lacan\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the first English translations of \u003ci\u003eWhy Lacan, \u003c\/i\u003eBetty Milan's memoir of her analysis with Lacan in the 1970s, and her play, \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e, inspired by her experience.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhy Lacan\u003c\/i\u003e provides a unique and valuable perspective on how Lacan worked as psychoanalyst as well as his approach to psychoanalytic theory. Milan's testimony shows that Lacan's method of working was based on the idea that the traditional way of interpreting provoked resistance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Prior to \u003ci\u003eWhy Lacan\u003c\/i\u003e, Milan wrote a play, \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e, based on her experience as Lacan's patient.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe play is structured around the sessions of Seriema with the Doctor. Through the analysis, Seriema discovers why she cannot give birth, namely, an unconscious desire to satisfy the will of her father who didn't authorize her to conceive. She ceases to be the victim of her unconscious, grasps the possibility of choosing a father for her child and thus becoming a mother. \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e has been adapted into a film, \u003ci\u003eAdieu Lacan\u003c\/i\u003e, by the director Richard Ledes. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnalyzed by Lacan\u003c\/i\u003e features an Introduction by Milan to both works as well as a new interview with Mari Ruti about her writing and Lacan.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636886917278,"sku":"UBD-9798765106198","price":36.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798765106198.jpg?v=1774398747","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798765106198","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}