The 21st Century Will Be Lacanian Or It Will Be Barbarian!

During his seminar of 9th January 1997 Charles Melman made the following remark: The 21st Century will be Lacanian or it will be barbarian. What people call barbarian can be given a very strict, very rigorous definition. It is not simply a metaphor for vaguely designating the foreigner or the Barbaros, the person who could only say bar-bar-bar! Barbarism deserves a rigorous definition and I am happy to propose it to you.…