Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Addiction and Enjoyment

This article discusses how decentered understandings of addiction might benefit from ongoing debates in Lacanian psychoanalysis. Departing recent critiques critical studies, it claims that psychoanalysis offers a framework both challenges abstract, essentialist ontologies and recognises as valid phenomenon. Crucial to this is notion freedom linked the symbolic break with bodily enjoyment, which, according Lacan, lies at origin constitution subjectivity which neither presupposes existence conscious will nor rejects mere product abstract bio-political governmentality. The explores how, psychoanalysis, seen way denying through realisation an enjoyment independent order. Moreover, argues its definition allows for understanding challenging current societal processes addictification.