Drawing on the work of Eric Santner, Slavoj Žižek, and Alenka Zupančič, this paper constructs a theory of subjective singularity from a Lacanian perspective. It argues that, unlike the "subject" (who comes into existence as a result of symbolic prohibition), or the "person" (who is aligned with the narcissistic conceits of the imaginary), the singular self emerges in response to a galvanizing d...

Since the more-than-human turn, geographers have increasingly called for a decentering of human subject by breaking away from classically modern understanding subjectivity and treating humans as one many players. In this article, we offer an alternative way following psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan. Far being subject-centered, psychoanalysis aims to understand radically decentered fragile productio...

As the theory of identification assumed increasing importance in Freud’s work, it came to be a cornerstone of psychoanalytic theory. Yet because the difficulties contained in Freud’s views on this question have not, with the exception of Lacan, been properly appreciated, post— Freudian theory has employed a theoretical construct of questionable coherence. Although Freud wavered over what was id...