ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with an introduction to Lacan and the philosophy of desire. The introduction explains concepts such as the unconscious, the divided subject, the signifier and the signified, and the centrality of the Other. The theory of registers is then presented, which consists of three interwoven concepts: the imaginary, the symbolic, and the real. Finally, the four discourses of the master, the university, the analyst, and the hysteric are presented.
