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Subjects of Instruments

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Subjects of Instruments

By Sam Calmeyn| 2017-03-31T13:51:21+00:00 September 10th, 2016|LRO 45|

Pokémon Go has been dominating the media and the streets, with crowds gathering and provoking chaos when rare characters appear on screen. It shows us to what extent Lacans statement: “ You are from now on, more than you would ever think, subjects of instruments (…). ”2can be understood. Several online articles are reporting that [...]

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Gustavo Dessal, Surviving Anne

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Gustavo Dessal, Surviving Anne

By Scott Wilson| 2017-03-31T13:49:25+00:00 September 10th, 2016|LRO 45|

It is in this context of ‘a world where the difference between delusion and reality was shown to be completely useless’, (Dessal, 231) that Gustavo Dessal’s remarkable new novel Surviving Anne (Karnac, 2016) explores the delusional reciprocities of the contemporary clinic of psychosis. It focuses on a different Anne to Allen, Anne Kurczynski whose mother, [...]