UMBR(a) # 1 (2003)
On Lacan and the Law
It is a critical commonplace that the law is, for psychoanalysis, a central
concept; the law denotes both the emergence of the subject and the symbolic
itself. In psychoanalysis, there is nothing without the law. Could
psychoanalysis, with its particular rendering of the law, be equally
central to our understanding of the legal field? It is only recently that
legal scholars have begun to engage with psychoanalysis in a systematic
way. How might we explain the recent proliferation of scholarly activity
taking place at the intersection of psychoanalysis and the law? How is
psychoanalysis uniquely suited for legal critique? How might such
interdisciplinary exchange work to augment or improve the law?
For Lacan, the subject is the subject of the unconscious. Is the
psychoanalytic subject consistent with the way the law functions? In what
ways does a psychoanalytic account of subjectivity assist us in
understanding various legal phenomena? How do the reciprocal interventions
in the fields of psychoanalysis and law open up possibilities for thinking
matters of, for example, memory, guilt, evidence, ethics and
responsibility? Does the law, like psychoanalysis, represent another
"impossible profession"?
UMBR(a): A JOURNAL OF THE UNCONSCIOUS is currently seeking articles that
confront such questions for its spring 2003 issue on Lacan and the Law. We
are particularly interested in writing that engages Freud and/or Lacan, as
well as Kant, Hegel, Badiou, and Balibar. Legal scholars are encouraged to
submit articles.
Submissions should be 1,500-6,000 words in length, must be submitted on a
3.5 diskette (MS Word) and in hard copy, and must be received no later than
December 1, 2002. Please send all submissions to:
UMBR(a)
c/o Alissa Lea Jones
Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Culture
SUNY/Buffalo
409 Clemens Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260-4610
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