Chapter 4: The Stuff of the Psychoanalytic Discourse and its Cut. The Psychoanalytic Discourse.

C. Fierens, Le discours psychanalytique. Une deuxième lecture de l’étourdit de Lacan. Toulouse, Point hors ligne, Erès, 2012. Trans. C. Gallagher 2014. THE STUFF OF THE PSYCHOANALYTIC DISCOURSE AND ITS CUT THE PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE AND THE PSYCHOANALYTIC DISCOURSE: THE SAME STUFF The philosopher can say the truth. He can speak about everything on condition of taking into account that he is speaking about it (Kojève). It’s his trade. He knows that it is doable, on condition of clearly knowing that the truth will remain a half-said.…