Where was Jacques Lacan in 1971-72? ... Ou Pire and the Knowledge of the Psychoanalyst

In a recent review of an exhaustive study on The Smiths - a 1970's band - the writer remarks: "This is not a book for anoraks - it's a book for anoraks with furry trims". Something similar might be said about the texts I am going to discuss in this paper - the seminar with the curious title of ...ou -pire, and the series of talks called The knowledge of the psychoanalyst.…