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Type de document :
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Article : texte imprimé
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Titre :
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From the Castrated Subject to the Human Way: A Lacanian Reinterpretation of Ancient Chinese Thought (2021)
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Auteurs :
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Guanjun WU
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Dans :
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Psychoanalysis and History (vol. 23, n° 2, 2021)
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Article en page(s) :
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pp. 187-213
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Psychanalyse : Chine
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LACAN, Jacques
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Castration
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Désir
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Jouissance
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Inconscient
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Résumé :
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Lacan studied ancient Chinese classics assiduously, including Daodejing and Mencius during 1969–73 when his own thought was reaching maturity. Lacan's idiosyncratic interpretation of Mencius is often regarded as a simple misreading. This essay defends Lacan's reading of Mencius by treating it as a psychoanalytic reading. It further develops a reinterpretation of ancient Chinese thought by revisiting primarily two major disputes – Mencius versus Xunzi, Confucianism versus Daoism – through a Lacanian interpretative method. The research findings reveal the possible latent side of ancient Chinese thought that has substantially formed what Lacan called ‘the Chinese unconscious’.
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