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 (...

In his paper, "Asian-American Literature and a Lacanian Reading of Maxine Hong Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey," Fu-jen Chen explores the protagonist's subjective progression into the post-Symbolic Real in Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey -from subject as Demand, through subject as Desire, to subject as jouissance. Tripmaster Monkey records Ah Sing's transformation from a racial paranoiac at the begin...

this paper is an attempt to explore how lacanian concepts of desire, unconscious, as well as alienation are reflected in the major characters of vladimir vladimirovich nabokov’s lolita. before unleashing the new, inexplicable yet highly fascinating aspects of psychoanalysis by the advent of french poststructuralist and psychoanalyst jacques lacan, freudian psychoanalysis used to play the pivota...

Psychoanalysis proffers a wealth of phenomenological tools to advance the study of consciousness. Techniques for elucidating the structures of subjective life are sorely lacking in the cognitive sciences; as such, experiential reporting techniques must rise to meet both complex theories of brain function and increasingly sophisticated neuroimaging technologies. Analysis may offer valuable metho...

Postural dynamics is a model and a coding system that allows researchers to scan the postural dimensions of any interaction. In this paper I will show how this model can be used to scan complex dimensions in a psychotherapeutic interaction, and to clarify some of the issues involved. I shall use Beatrice Beebe's published psychoanalytical case study of Dolores as a concrete example to show that...

This paper is an attempt to explore how Lacanian concepts of desire, unconscious, as well as alienation are reflected in the major characters of Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov’s Lolita. Before unleashing the new, inexplicable yet highly fascinating aspects of psychoanalysis by the advent of French poststructuralist and psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, Freudian psychoanalysis used to play the pivota...

background: in this study morphological and molecular characterization of acan­thamoeba strains, isolated from dental unit waterlines (duwls) were surveyed and the levels of disinfection achievable in vitro by the application of ozone disinfect­ant to duwls were evaluate. methods: water samples were collected from air-water syringes, cup fillers and tap water before and at the end of the workin...

Der Beitrag stellt die interkommunale Zusammenarbeit von drei Behörden im Südwesten Englands mit Privaten im Rahmen einer Public Private Partnership dar. Im Fokus der Zusammenarbeit stehen Kundenservice sowie Unterstützungsprozesse, welche über ein Joint Venture, die Southwest One, für die drei Behörden durch Shared Service Center angeboten werden. Dem Ausgliederungsprojekt liegt eine umfassend...