Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-186) and index.
Lacanian technique in "The direction of the treatment" -- Lacan's critique of the ego psychology troika : Hartmann, Kris, and Loewenstein -- Reading "The instance of the letter in the unconscious" -- Reading "The subversion of the subject" -- The Lacanian phallus and the square root of negative one -- Hors texte-knowledge and jouissance : a commentary on seminar XX.