Positions of the Subject in Sexuation with Jean-Michel Vappereau at Après-Coup

Saturday, March 15, 2014
10:30am – 2:00pm

Sunday, March 16, 2014
10:30am – 2:00pm

POSITIONS OF THE SUBJECT IN SEXUATION, Workshop
JEAN-MICHEL VAPPEREAU

Starting with his paper “L’étourdit” (1973), Lacan draws a connection between the subject’s position in sexuation and Freud’s structures of the symptom. This connection becomes the basis for differentiating three sexualized positions, independent of anatomy: the “hetero-,” the “hysterical,” and the “paranoiac,” all three determined by their relation to “woman.” This workshop will explore the particularities of these positions in relation to Lacan’s construction of the formulas of sexuation.

SUGGESTED READINGS: Lacan, Autres écrits, “L’étourdit” (1973), “Joyce le Symptôme” (1975). Seminars XX, Encore, 1972/73; XXIII, Le sinthome, 1975/76, classes 6, 7, 8.

MEETING PLACE: The School of Visual Arts, 136 West 21st Street (between Sixth and Seventh Avenues), New York City. Please ask at the front desk for the room number.

ATTENDANCE FEE: $75 for both sessions; $50 for one session. For students with ID: $50 for both; $25 for one. Attendance is free for all members of Après-Coup as well as for the faculty and students of the School of Visual Arts