Lacan’s Theory of Language: The Symbolic Gap

A Comprehensive Introduction to Lacan's Theories of Psychosis

on Lacan’s lesser-known psychiatric influences such as de Clérambault, the description of the centrality of language phenomena in psychosis, and, the clarity of the exposition, entails that these ideas are well worth revisiting. A considerable strength of this section is how Vanheule is able to provide a clear exposition of central tenants of Lacanian theory in a manner that is both comprehensi...

The Status of Allegory and Symbolic Language in Quranic Stories: A Review and Critique of the Theory of Fantasization

One of the common views in contemporary Quranic research is the dialog on the existence of allegory and symbolic language in the Quran and Quranic stories. Citing such arguments as the common literary style between the Quranic stories and human stories, the use of symbols with specific modes of expression in the Quran and the cases in which the Divine intent is expressed through questions and a...

Castrating the Authority in El Sadaawi’s play Isis

This paper on the Egyptian feminist playwright Nawal El Sadaawi’s play Isis (1986) seeks to explore the psychological and social dimensions of castration by applying the Slovenian Marxist and Lacanian philosopher Slavoj Žižek’s ideas on symbolic castration, ideological fantasy and mask. The focus will be on Žižek’s understanding of Lacan’s ideas on symbolic castration. It will be proved that Ra...

Lacan’s Theory of Language Part 2 The Basic Framework

Psychoanalytic Reading of the Play This is not a Pipe, written by Seyyed Mohammad Mosavat based on the Views of Jacques Lacan

The uncertainty of the events, behaviors and relationships of characters are important features of the play This is not a Pipe, written by Seyyed Mohammad Mosavat. This study is an analytical-descriptive research, using Jacques Lacan theories in psychoanalytic criticism and it is conducted with the aim of examining the relationships of family members, their conversations and actions. According ...