Analyst as Master of Truth
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Against Understanding, Volume 1: Commentary and Critique in a Lacanian Key · Bruce Fink · p.67
**Foucault's Critique of Analytic Power Dynamics**
Theoretical move: Fink uses Foucault's critique of analytic power (analyst as "master of truth") as a foil to articulate Lacan's contrasting position: the analyst occupies a position of semblance rather than mastery, thereby redirecting the production of truth and interpretation back to the analysand, progressively dismantling the power dynamic the analysand projects onto the analyst.
Foucault's view of the psychoanalyst as the supposed master of the analysand's truth stands in stark contrast to the analytic situation as conceptualized by Lacan.