Weeks 8-11: The Logic of Desire
The Graph of Desire maps the intricate pathways through which desire circulates. This section examines how meaning is produced and how the subject is positioned within the Symbolic order.
Topics include:
The Graph of Desire: structure and interpretation
Demand, desire, and the desire of the Other
The Symbolic order and the Name-of-the-Father
Signifying chains and the production of meaning
The fundamental fantasy and its traversal
[Content to be developed from course materials]