![]() ![]() His choice of the words “the other side” I take to mean something between provocative and revolutionary. So it was a time of revolution in many places and in Paris this was the “soil” that contributed to the development and change in Lacan’s theory. This photo is reminiscent of a famous picture from the 1960’s protest era in the United States, a picture of a woman putting flowers in the gun barrel of a National Guardsman who had been called by President Nixon to quell campus demonstrations. ![]() Indeed, the cover of the book shows what appears to be a confrontation between a young student and a policeman. Seminar XVII, subtitled The Other Side of Psychoanalysis, came at a time of social and political upheaval in France and in much of the Western world. This book is a collection of essays commenting on Jacques Lacan’s yearlong seminar, which he titled Seminar XVII, the penultimate book of his major theoretical contributions. Reviewed By: Greg Novie, Spring 2008 (Vol. Author: Clemens, Justin and Russell Grigg (Editors) ![]()
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