Chenyang Wang - Subjectivity In-Between Times: Exploring the Notion of Time in Lacan’s Work

Jacques Lacan is one of the most important and influential thinkers of the 20th century. The reach of this influence continues to grow as we settle into the 21st century, the resonance of Lacans thought arguably only beginning now to be properly felt, both in terms of its application to clinical matters and in its application to a range of human activities and interests. The Palgrave Lacan Series is a book series for the best new writing in the Lacanian field, giving voice to the leading writers of a new generation of Lacanian thought. The series will comprise original monographs and thematic, multi-authored collections. The books in the series will explore aspects of Lacans theory from new perspectives and with original insights. There will be books focused on particular areas of or issues in clinical work. There will be books focused on applying Lacanian theory to areas and issues beyond the clinic, to matters of society, politics, the arts and culture. Each book, whatever its particular concern, will work to expand our understanding of Lacans theory and its value in the 21st century.

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I want to express my gratitude to a number of individuals that, in their own ways and with different degrees of engagements, have accompanied me throughout the intellectual journey that makes the present book possible. First and foremost, I would like to thank my Ph.D. supervisors, Professor Stephen Frosh and Professor Maria Aristodemou. Their guidance and encouragement helped me complete my doctoral dissertation as the first draft of this book. I wish to thank the intellectual support of my colleagues during my study at the Department of Psychosocial Studies, Birkbeck College, University of London. I enjoyed and benefited from our numerous discussions of philosophy, psychoanalysis and social theory. I also want to thank the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research (CFAR) in London for cultivating an exceptional intellectual space, from where many ideas in the present book took shape.

In addition, I thank Derek Hook and Calum Neill for their appreciation of my work which motivated me to further develop my dissertation into the present book. A special thanks to Joanna ONeill at Palgrave Macmillan for the editorial support. An earlier version of part of Chapter 4 was previously published as From Timelessness to Otherness: The Articulation of Symbolic Time in Jacques Lacans Work, Vestigia: International Network of Psychoanalytic Practices , Vol. 2, No. 1, 2019. It is reprinted here with permission from the publisher. Revised sections of Chapter 6 will appear in I Will Have Lacked: Rethinking Sexual Difference and Sexed Subjectivity through the Lacanian Temporal Relationality, Studies in Gender and Sexuality , Vol, 20. I thank Katie Gentile, Stephen Hartman and Jeff Jackson for making the necessary arrangment.

Finally, my heartfelt thanks to my parents for their unconditional support, and to Jing, whose love and company have sustained me during this project. This book is dedicated to them.