Event 1: Closed Clinical Seminars on Jouissance and Containment
Led by Dr. Jaiyant Cavale, Convenor of the Bangalore Lacanian Cartel
These seminars transmit the work of the Bangalore Lacanian Cartel in a closed setting reserved exclusively for practising clinicians. The sessions engage Lacanian concepts with clinical focus on the economy of jouissance, its containment, and the persistence of repetition compulsion as it speaks in the Real, drawing on Wilfred Bion’s container-contained, André Green’s dead mother and maternal void, Jean Laplanche’s primordial seduction, and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s grammatical nonsense.
Format
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Monthly closed sessions (in-person in Bangalore with hybrid option).
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Active participation required; each session centres on clinical reading and discussion.
Eligibility: Strictly for registered and practising clinical psychologists and psychiatrists.
Fee: Details provided upon application.
Application: Places are limited. Participation by application only. Acceptance at the discretion of the convenor.
Contact: Dr. Jaiyant Cavale, Convenor of the Bangalore Lacanian Cartel, +91-8826402788. Email: jaiyant@fiendishtherapy.com
Event 2: Jouissance and Its Discontents
Conversations and Interactions on Lacanian Thought. Facilitated by Dr. Jaiyant Cavale
This public series explores core Lacanian concepts, with particular emphasis on jouissance and its consequences in subjective and cultural life, while including readings of media texts, literary works, and cultural discourses. It runs parallel to the closed Bangalore Lacanian Cartel and offers serious engagement with Lacan’s ideas.
Main Topics (Lacanian Focus):
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The economy of jouissance and its relation to the drive
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Repetition compulsion and the insistence of the Real
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Desire, lack, and the objet petit a
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The unconscious structured like a language
Secondary references will occasionally include Wilfred Bion’s beta elements, André Green’s dead mother, Jean Laplanche’s enigmatic signifiers, and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s grammatical nonsense to illuminate Lacanian points.
Format
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Monthly public lectures (in-person in Bangalore, with hybrid option).
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Each session consists of a 50-minute presentation followed by moderated discussion.
Eligibility: Open to anyone with serious intellectual interest. No prior clinical training or background in Lacan is required.
Note: This is a public transmission series and is distinct from the strictly closed Bangalore Lacanian Cartel and the advanced Closed Clinical Seminars reserved for practising clinicians.
For registration and fee details, please contact Dr. Jaiyant Cavale, Clinical Psychologist and Convener of the Bangalore Lacanian Cartel. Email: jaiyant@fiendishtherapy.com | Phone: +91-8826402788.