FOREWORD

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FOREWORD ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
5. I. SINGULAR LIBERTIES
6. 1. MY ALPHABET; OR, HOW I AM A LETTER 3
7. 2. RELIANCE: WHAT IS LOVING FOR A MOTHER? 11
8. 3. HOW TO SPEAK TO LITERATURE WITH ROLAND BARTHES 21
9. 4. EMILE BENVENISTE, A LINGUIST WHO NEITHER SAYS NOR HIDES, BUT SIGNIFIES 33
10. II. PSYCHOANALYSIS
11. 5. FREUD: THE HEART OF THE MATTER 61
12. 6. THE CONTEMPORARY CONTRIBUTION OF PSYCHOANALYSIS 69
13. 7. A FATHER IS BEING BEATEN TO DEATH 84
14. 8. MATERNAL EROTICISM 101
15. 9. SPEAKING IN PSYCHOANALYSIS: FROM SYMBOLS TO FLESH AND BACK AGAIN 113
16. 10. AFFECT, THAT “INTENSE DEPTH OF WORDS” 125
17. 11. THE LACAN EVENT 142
18. III. WOMEN
19. 12. ANTIGONE, LIMIT AND HORIZON 151
20. 13. THE PASSION ACCORDING TO TERESA OF AVILA 165
21. 14. BEAUVOIR DREAMS 177
22. IV. HUMANISM
23. 15. A FELICITY NAMED ROUSSEAU 189
24. 16. SPEECH, THAT EXPERIENCE 208
25. 17. DISABILITY REVISITED: THE TRAGIC AND CHANCE 213
26. 18. FROM “CRITICAL MODERNITY” TO “ANALYTICAL MODERNITY” 225
27. 19. IN JERUSALEM: MONOTHEISMS AND SECULARIZATION AND THE NEED TO BELIEVE 239
28. 20. DARE HUMANISM 263
29. 21. TEN PRINCIPLES FOR TWENTY- FIRST-CENTURY HUMANISM 279
30. 22. ON THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE 284
31. V. FRANCE, EUROPE, CHINA
32. 23. MOSES, FREUD, AND CHINA 295
33. 24. DIVERSITY IS MY MOTTO 311
34. 25. THE FRENCH CULTURAL MESSAGE 323
35. VI. POSITIONS
36. 26. THE UNIVERSAL IN THE SINGULAR 339
37. 27. CAN ONE BE A MUSLIM WOMAN AND A SHRINK? 345
38. 28. ONE IS BORN WOMAN, BUT I BECOME ONE 352
39. NOTES 363
40. INDEX 387