Extraterritoriality of Psychoanalysis
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Against Understanding, Volume 1: Commentary and Critique in a Lacanian Key · Bruce Fink
*A Bat Question*
Theoretical move: Fink uses Lacan's critique of psychoanalysis's "extraterritoriality" to expose the contradictory epistemological positioning analysts adopt—claiming scientific legitimacy when convenient while refusing scientific accountability—arguing that this bat-like dual membership is intellectually untenable and that analysts must take a clearer stance on psychoanalysis's relationship to science.
The 'extraterritoriality' ... of psychoanalysis comes up repeatedly in Lacan's work in the 1950s. With this term, Lacan is referring to the fact that analysts seem to simultaneously claim that their work is situated within the larger endeavor of science and that psychoanalysis nevertheless constitutes a private domain.