ContentsFigures, Tables and IllustrationsTHEORISING THE LACK OF OBJECTI. IntroductionII. The Three Forms of the Lack of ObjectIII. The Signifier and the Holy SpiritIV. The Dialectic of FrustrationV. On Analysis as Bundling, and the Consequences ThereofTHE PERVERSE WAYS OF DESIREVI. The Primacy of the Phallus and the Young Homosexual WomanVII. A Child is Being Beaten and the Young Homosexual WomanVIII. Dora and the Young Homosexual WomanTHE FETISH OBJECTIX. The Function of the VeilX. Identification with the PhallusXI. The Phallus and the Unfulfilled MotherMYTHICAL STRUCTURE IN THEOBSERVATION ON LITTLE HANS'S PHOBIAXII. On the Oedipus ComplexXIII. On the Castration ComplexXIV. The Signifier in the RealXV. What Myth is ForXVI. How Myth is AnalysedXVII. The Signifier and Der WitzXVIII. CircuitsXIX. PermutationsXX. TransformationsXXI. The Mother's Drawers and the Father's ShortcomingXXII. An Essay in Rubber-Sheet Logic.XXIII. 'Me donnera sans femme une progéniture'ENVOYXXIV. From Hans-the-Fetish to Leonardo-in-the-Mirror* Map of Vienna (Baedeker 1905)NoteTranslator's Notes
Jacques Lacan (1901-81) was one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers. His works include Écrits, The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis and the many other volumes of The Seminar.