Published in English translation:
1) Now published, translated by A. R. Price, in Hurly- Burly, Issue 6, September 2011, pp. 17-20.
Originally published in L’Âne, Issue 1, March-April 1981, p30-31 and then in L’Almanach de la dissolution : Navarin, Paris : 1986 : p81-87.
An audio recording was issued on compact disc on the occasion of the first Congress of the WAP and the Tenth International Encounter of the Freudian Field, Barcelona 1998.
A previous English version was published under the title “The Seminar, Caracas, 12th July 1980”, translated by Oscar Zentner, in Papers of the Freudian School of Melbourne, Vol III : 1981 : p103-6.
Available at www.LacanianWorksExchange.net /Lacan
2) SEMINAR XXVII, DISSOLUTION!
The Opening to the Seminar in Caracas, Venezuela; 12thJuly 1980 (Saturday) and
the Closing to the Seminar, 15th July 1980 (Tuesday)
This intervention of Lacan opening the International Meeting of Caracas of July 12, 1980, was published in issue No. 1 L’Âne [The Donkey], a magazine resulting from the dissolution, March‐April 1981. In 1986,
it was published again in the Almanac of the dissolution, Paris, Navarin publisher, 1986. It is referred to in these publications under the title: “The Seminar of Caracas”.
Translations by Oscar Zentner & Adrian Price, Published at www.Freud2Lacan.com /Lacan (232. AUTRES ÉCRITS: Dissolution—Opening to the July 12th 1980 Caracas Conference—2 translations)
A Participant’s Account
Lacan in Caracas: Forty years and (of) an instant (of seeing) : 2020 : Gerado Réquiz interviewed by Cristina Versed
A participant at this event, looks back 40 years on. Gerado Réquiz is an AMS (Analyst Member of the School) of the WAP and of the NEL. He currently (2020) resides in Madrid, Spain. Interview conducted by Cristina Vírseda, a member of the ELP Community of Madrid.
Published by LRO TEAM| January 9th, 2021|LRO 266 (Lacanian Reviews Online). Available https://www.thelacanianreviews.com/lacan-in-caracas-forty-years-and-of-an-instant-of-seeing/
Also published, From: NLS-Messager (New Lacanian School Messager), Subject: [nls-messager] 3612.en/ Lacanian Review Online 266: Lacan in Caracas: Forty years and (of) an instant (of seeing), Date: 11 January 2021 at 09:18:18 GMT
Jacques Lacan’s references
Madonna of the Towers by Bramantino [Bartolomeo Suardi] (1505–1519)
See also Sigmund Freud & Jacques Lacan use of the Pictures shown in the Slider : first posted 8th February 2023 : Julia Evans, /reposted on 1st August each year
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_of_the_Towers
Papers of the Freudian School of Melbourne’s translation, P7-8 of www.Freud2Lacan.com /Lacan (232. AUTRES ÉCRITS: Dissolution—Opening to the July 12th 1980 Caracas Conference—2 translations)
[Sexual peace means knowing what to do with the body of the Other.] But who knows what to do with a body of a talking‐being (parlêtre) other than to embrace it more or less tightly.
What occurs to the other when the wanted comes to him—the other says hug me tightly!
A little silly for copulation. Anyone knows how to do it better; I said anyone. A frog for example.
There is a painting which is in my head for some time. I was able to remember the proper name of its painter-not without the difficulty proper to my age: Bramantino.
It is well done to give faith that a woman is not a frog, which is there mouth up in the front of the painting.
What was more surprising for me in the painting is that the Virgin with Child has something like the shadow of a beard which has to do with her son as would be painted as an adult.
The figurative relation of the Madonna is more complex than one might think. (translation altered). It (the relation) is also poorly supported.
That worries me. But it remains that with her I located myself better than Freud in the real, interested in what there is of the unconscious, because of the jouissance of the body leans on the unconscious.
From there my mathemes which proceed from the fact that the symbolic would be the place of the Other but there is no other of the Other.
It follows that what lalangue can do better is to show itself in the service of the death Trieb.
This is an idea of Freud’s, a genial idea and therefore grotesque.
Citations
-The Unconscious and the Speaking Body : Paris : 17th April 2014 : Jacques-Alain Miller,
see this site /5 Authors A-Z (20140417 or Index of Authors’ texts)
–Editorial ‘Why Freud?’ for The Lacanian Review, Issue 17 “Introduction to Freud” : July 2025 : Peggy Papada
This issue of The Laanian Review was assembled by the London Workshop of the Freudian Field (LWFF) and presents six of the theoretical texts delivered during the 2023-2024 LWFF Zoom series, during which it was chosen to dedicate the lectures to Freud’s “Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis”, thus hoping to return to the beginnings of psychoanalysis.
Papada writes, Lacan was a self-declared Freudian,[3] who founded the Freudian School of Paris (EFP) to make it clear that his School was not a deviation. [Footnote 3] “It’s up to you to be Lacanians if you wish. For my part, I’m a Freudian”. Jacques Lacan, “Overture to the First International encounter of the Freudian Field, Caracas, 12 July 1980,” Hurly Burly, no 6 (September 2012): 18
P3 of www.Freud2Lacan.com
Published le n° 1 de L’Âne, magazine issu de la dissolution, mars‐avril 1981, http://ecole-lacanienne.net/en/bibliolacan/pas‐tout‐lacan‐2/, Je viens ici avant de lancer ma Cause freudienne. Vous voyez que je tiens à cet adjectif. C’est à vous d’être lacaniens, si vous voulez. Moi, je suis freudien. C’est pourquoi je crois bienvenu de vous dire quelques mots du débat que je soutiens avec Freud, et pas d’aujourd’hui.
Translated by Oscar Zentner, Papers of the Freudian School of Melbourne; Homage to Freud/On Perversion, 1980 (2nd volume); PIT Press; Victoria; 1981. P.103‐106, I come here before casting my Freudian Cause. As you can see, I appreciate the adjective. If you want it is your turn to be Lacanians. I am Freudian. This is why it is pertinent to tell you some words about the debate which I hold with Freud. And not from now, I am going to give you a resumé.
Translated by Adrian Price, Hurly Burly Issue 6, I’ve come here prior to launching my Cause freudienne. You see I hold this adjective dear: It’s up to you to be Lacanians if you wish. For my part, I’m a Freudian. This is why I think it’s worthwhile saying a few things about the debate I’ve been keeping up with Freud, which doesn’t date from yesterday. I (am) going to summarise it for you.
Translated by Julia Evans, I come here before launching my Freudian Cause. You see that I hold to this adjective. It is up to you to be Lacanian, if you wish. Me, I am Freudian. It is why I would like to say a few words from the debate that I am sustaining with Freud, and not from today.