New Remarks on the Passage to the Act Lacan and the Lacanians

<p><i>New Remarks on the Passage to the Act</i> considers what happens when psychoanalysis and the social sciences are called on to help modern societies overwhelmed by unexplained violence.</p><p>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 <i>L’Amante Anglaise</i>. The book also considers modern acts of terrorism.</p><p><i>New Remarks on the Passage to the Act</i> 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.</p>