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A Critical Reading of “Family Complexes” by Jacques Lacan - Jacques-Alain Miller
In his course “Des réponses du réel” of February 8, 1984, Jacques-Alain Miller evokes the text on “Family Complexes” by Jacques Lacan, speaking of it as “the first theory of development of Lacan” where he punctuates three essential moments (the complexes) in the development of the child. He briefly comments on it there, saying that “the sociological reference of Lacan hides the starting point of his work.” more...

The Efficacy of Psychoanalysis - Graciela Brodsky
In this lecture held in Brazil, Graciela Brodsky discusses psychoanalysis efficacy evaluation. She traces the question back to Freud and Lacan and opposes the measurement impositions inspired in evidence-based medicine to what psychoanalysis proposes as efficacy.

Other Articles:
. The Blind Alleys of Cognitive Psychoanalysis - Éric Laurent
. The Jouissance of the Rat and the Desire of the Hysteric as
Symptoms of the Behaviourist - Gerard Pape
. Psychoanalysis of the Compassless Man Reactions to the
future and their treatment - Jorge Forbes
. The Option of Anxiety - Jean-Louis Gault

Essay:
. This Mad Play of Writing [Ce jeu insensé d'écrire] -
  Joseph Attié
. How J Lacan was inspired by Soeren Abye
  Kierkegaard and Anton Chekhov, or:
  Kierkegaard with Chekhov - François Sauvagnat

Couched in feminine terms
An interview with
Marco Mauas