New Remarks on the Passage to the Act

Lacan and the Lacanians

Jean Allouch, Oscar Zentner

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English

Routledge
31 March 2025

Social & political philosophy; Religion: general; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology); Criminal or forensic psychology; Psychotherapy

New Remarks on the Passage to the Act considers what happens when psychoanalysis and the social sciences are called on to help modern societies overwhelmed by unexplained violence.

Jean Allouch examines key events – the crimes of the Papin sisters, Lacan’s case of Aimée and the murder of Hélène Rytmann by Louis Althusser – and unpacks the concept of the ""passage to the act"". The book assesses these classic cases, resorting to contemporaneous studies and literature, particularly discussing Marguerite Duras’ novel L’Amante Anglaise. The book also considers modern acts of terrorism.

New Remarks on the Passage to the Act will be of great interest to clinicians, academics and scholars of psychoanalysis, Lacanian studies, sociology, cultural studies and philosophy, and to Lacanian analysts in practice and in training.

By: Jean Allouch
Translated by: Oscar Zentner
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 370g
ISBN: 9781032823614
ISBN 10: 1032823615
Pages: 90
Publication Date: 31 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword Jean Allouch in memoriam Presentation of New remarks on the passage to the act by J. Allouch Introduction Chapter I Actuality of the passage to the act Chapter II To think, to act: Lois Althusser Chapter III Passage to the act and the epic leap: Marguerite Duras Conclusion Enlightened passage to the act: Lacan

Jean Allouch (1939–2023) was an internationally renowned psychoanalyst and one of the founders and directors of the review Littoral, as well as of the École Lacanienne de Psychanalyse (Paris). He was one of the most prominent and prolific authors in the field of Lacanian psychoanalysis. Oscar Zentner is a Lacanian psychoanalyst trained in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with María-Inés Rotmiler de Zentner, he introduced in 1977 Lacan’s psychoanalytic tenets in Australia.