The See-saw of Desire | Psychoanalysis of Jacques Lacan

Thought in Motion is a series dedicated to the seminars of Jacques Lacan. Today we are covering content found in lecture 13 entitled "The See-saw of Desire," found in Seminar I. This video will address the following questions:

1) What is the relationship between the ego and the subject?
2) What is meant by the lecture's title "the see-saw of desire?
3) How do we understand masochism as it relates to the imaginary and symbolic?

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[rogerblinoff]

I’m very happy you have made these videos, especially lecture by lecture in order to help us understand such a difficult subject.

[borisluzin]

I find your schemas like in the video on L11 most helpful and prefer this type of presentation. Btw nice Shrek usage.