Jenck's "Enigmatic Signifier" and Cathartic Narrative

More Perceptions than Terms to Translate Them: The Enigmatic Signifier and the Jamesian Unconscious in What Maisie Knew

wHen Is cryIng catHartIc? an InternatIonal study

The idea that crying is a cathartic experience, leading to relief from distress, has deep roots. however, empirical evidence for catharsis after crying is mixed. one explanation for the inconsistent results is that variations in the social context of the crying situation determine whether or not crying-related catharsis occurs. To evaluate the role of social context and other contextual feature...

[An enigmatic eye in an enigmatic bust].

have read with interest the article published in the iconoraphic section of this Journal by Drs. Diez-Lage and González nd titled The enigmatic eye of Nefertiti.1 After publishing a eview on the topic in the February issue of the British Journal f Ophthalmology,2 I would like to make a few comments. Queen Nefertiti (c. 1370–1330 AC) was the Great Royal Wife f Akhenaton (Amenhotep or Amenophis I...

Revisiting the Master-Signifier, or, Mandela and Repression

The concept of the master-signifier has been subject to a variety of applications in Lacanian forms of political discourse theory and ideology critique. While there is much to be commended in literature of this sort, it often neglects salient issues pertaining to the role of master signifiers in the clinical domain of (individual) psychical economy. The popularity of the concept of the master (...

Alan Turing and Enigmatic Statistics

Caros leitores, gostaria de dar boas vindas ao Victor Fossaluza (UFSCar) e também agradecê-lo por ter aceito a tarefa de ser o editor deste boletim para o biênio 2013-2014. Ele, em seu primeiro boletim, nos traz um excelente texto de K. V. Mardia e S. B. Cooper sobre o trabalho de Alan Turing. Sendo assim, esperamos muito mais dele para os próximos boletins! Gostaria também de informá-los que o...