Julia Evans, Author at LacanianWorks

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Chart of 16 logical functions including Vel, Aut, Vel of Alienation : 5th April 2025 : Richard Klein with Notes on Seminar XI : Julia Evans

Index of post Chart of Vel, Aut, Vel of Alienation by Richard Klein Vel as in Seminar XI by Julia Evans Commentary on Alienation and Separation in Seminar XI by Éric Laurent Some other texts on Lacan’s use of Mathematics and Topology *** Chart of Vel, Aut, Vel of Alienation by Richard Klein Richard Klein’s chart can be downloaded from www.Freud2Lacan.com /Lacan (120. Sem. XI—Vel [Inclusive] is no. 2; Vel [Exclusive or Aut] is [...]

Julia Evans2025-05-14T17:27:36+01:0005/04/2025|

Using Sigmund Freud’s Term Schaulust, translated as Scopophilia and Voyeurism : 24th March 2025 : Julia Evans

Conclusion Schaulust, Sigmund Freud’s term, should replace Scopophilia and Voyeurism which are James Strachey’s translations. Jacques Lacan encourages this on 13th May 1964. *** Index Jacques Lacan statement on Schaulust, 13th May 1964 Some German-English translations Sigmund Freud’s use of Schaulust in Three Essays on Sexuality, 1905 Jacques Lacan’s earlier comments on Schaulust, scopophilia, voyeurism Jacques Lacan’s clinical example, Little Hans, with introduction by Jean Clavreuil *** Jacques Lacan's statement on Schaulust, 13th May 1964 [...]

Julia Evans2025-03-26T18:20:53+00:0024/03/2025|

Angst translated as Anxiety in Sigmund Freud’s texts : 26th February 2025 : Julia Evans

INDEX Background Angst as a physical (body) tension, which cannot enter the psychic field : Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud on difference between 'ängstlich’ & ‘nervös' / James Strachey & Julia Evans on translating them ‘I will only say that I think ‘Angst’ relates to the state and disregards the object’ : Sigmund Freud ‘Angst’ as ‘Fear’ and ‘heightened tenderness for the mother’ Background -Sigmund Freud uses the term ‘angst’. Translations of Angst from the [...]

Julia Evans2025-02-27T12:22:14+00:0026/02/2025|

Tracing Jacques Lacan’s ‘Love as “giving what you do not have” ‘ : 23rd February 2025 : Julia Evans

This text was originally published in the notes to Seminar X, as well as in Seminar IV and in Guiding Remarks for a Congress on Feminine Sexuality, probably Winter 2019. The quotations from these texts are in date order - -23rd January 1957 Seminar IV -Guiding Remarks for a Congress on Feminine Sexuality : 1958 [Presented in Amsterdam, 5th September 1960] -23rd November 1960 Seminar VIII -18th January 1961 Seminar VIII -16th January 1963 Seminar [...]

Julia Evans2025-02-25T12:30:52+00:0023/02/2025|

Note on Translating Angst & L’Angoisse as Anxiety : 20th February 2025 : Julia Evans

Background This is an attempt to consolidate notes in Downloading Sigmund Freud : 1st August 2024 (from February 2012), see this site /3 Sigmund Freud (Index of Sigmund Freud’s texts) Lecture XXV The Angst [Die Angst] : 1917 : Sigmund Freud 21st November 1962 Seminar X From the Anguish (De l’angoisse) (1962-1963) : begins 14th November 1962 : Jacques Lacan, see this site /4 Jacques Lacan (19621114) Notes on 21st November 1956 Seminar IV : [...]

Julia Evans2025-03-05T14:48:07+00:0020/02/2025|

Exploring ‘Dit-Mansion’ for ‘Dimension’ in Seminar IV & L’Étourdit : 15th February 2025 : Julia Evans

Note, an example of the use of dit-mansion in L’Étourdit 14th July 1972 is given at the end This explores the possibility that Lacan was starting to use his neologism ‘dit-mansion’, transcribed as dimension, in his Seminar IV. The Agency of the Letter (9th May 1957) was given at the same time as the last sessions of Seminar IV. [See ‘Dit-Mansion’ for ‘Dimension’ in ‘Agency/Instance/ Insistence of the Letter’ : 3rd February 2025 : [...]

Julia Evans2025-07-11T16:36:46+01:0015/02/2025|

‘Dit-Mansion’ for ‘Dimension’ in ‘Agency/Instance/Insistence of the Letter’ : 3rd February 2025 : Julia Evans

In revisiting the references for Éric Laurent’s (2021) text[i], Jacques Lacan’s neologism was rediscovered - dit-mansion. [said-mansion or building] This is the quote from Éric Laurent, p49, According to Lacan, the dit-mansion of the letter implies a certain instance) a certain insistence, a certain forcing in order to be included in the signifying weft, and the significations that are deduced from it. The instance, highlighted in the text “Instance of the Letter,” [7] designates [...]

Julia Evans2025-07-11T16:38:58+01:0003/02/2025|

A Submission into Parliament – Statement on Statutory Regulation in Counselling & Psychotherapies : 20th January 2025 : Julia Evans

Statement on Statutory Regulation in Counselling & Psychotherapies : 20th January 2025 : Julia Evans NOTE : This was lost in transit by Royal Mail twice, so finally reached Parliament on Thursday 20th March 2025.The following statement was sent to Ms Layla Moran MP, Chair of Health and Social Care Committee, with this introductory letter: Dear Ms Moran, The link being made between Statutory Regulation & Risk-Free Provision of Counselling & Psychotherapy Attached please find [...]

Julia Evans2025-03-20T14:55:26+00:0020/01/2025|

Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Therapy, 1) in the future of NHS Talking Therapies 2) in state therapy with the hollowing out of intersubjectivity : 14th January 2025 : Paul Atkinson

The links for these texts were received on 14th January 2025. Both texts on AI therapy are on the Mental Health Action website: Part 1 Machina Ex Deo: AI and the future of NHS Talking Therapies https://mentalhealthaction.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ai-part-1-p-atkinson.pdf Part 2 Machina Ex Deo: State therapy and the hollowing out of intersubjectivity https://mentalhealthaction.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ai-part-2-p-atkinson-2.pdf Both texts focus on what is happening in the UK and have ramifications for other countries who may follow suit. Both come from [...]

Julia Evans2025-01-21T10:08:55+00:0014/01/2025|

Don’t just do something – The vanishing art of sitting there in counselling & psychotherapy : 9th December 2024 : Andy Rogers

This link is published here as Andy Rogers’ position is alongside a Lacanian position in the transference & he makes many interesting observations. The Link : https://www.andyrogerscounselling.com/therapy-blog/2024/12/09/dont-just-do-something-vanishing-art-sitting-there-counselling-psychotherapy Andy and I (Julia Evans) have been alongside since 2008 as members of the Alliance for Psychotherapy and Counselling. There follows a related list of texts from the Alliance or other members of the Alliance. 2024 The Alliance for Counselling & Psychotherapy : Statement on Statutory Regulation [...]

Julia Evans2024-12-19T16:33:04+00:0009/12/2024|

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