Psychoanalysis: Topological Perspectives : New Conceptions of Geometry and Space in Freud and Lacan / Michael Friedman, Samo Tomsic

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910155424403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2016
• ISBN: 9783839434406; 3839434408
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Collana: Psychoanalyse
• Classificazione: CU 2563
• Disciplina: 150.19501
• Soggetti: Psychoanalysis; Philosophy; Epistemology; Topology; Topological Turn; Jacques Lacan; Sigmund Freud; Psychology; Post-structuralism; Philosophy of Science
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Introduction 7 Psychoanalysis and Topology - Four Vignettes 31 Why Topology? 53 Voice and Topology: The Tiny Lag 63 Towards a New Transcendental Aesthetics? 95 Secret Topology 127 Torus and Identification 153 The Unreadable Letter 191 The Spatiality of Being 227 List of Figures 251 Authors 253
• Sommario/riassunto: The volume addresses the philosophical, epistemological and interdisciplinary aspects of the link between psychoanalysis and topology. Looking at the historical developments of psychoanalytic theory, one can hardly overlook the significant presence of architectonic and geometrical references that traverse Freud's writings. ; Lacan's return to Freud made a decisive step in taking these metaphors seriously and engaged with the mathematical correspondence of Freud's topological models. He thereby intensified the link with topology, which obtained an important didactic and conceptual value. The contributions highlight the ongoing relevance of this »topological turn« in psychoanalysis by exploring both concrete topological objects and outline the philosophical framework that supports the relation of psychoanalysis to topology.