Techné as Sinthome
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Transgender Psychoanalysis: A Lacanian Perspective on Sexual Difference · Patricia Gherovici · p.156
**CLINIC OF THE CLINAMEN** > **Enjoy your sinthome!**
Theoretical move: Gherovici deploys the Lucretian concept of 'clinamen' (the infinitesimal, unpredictable swerve of atoms) as a structural analogue to the Lacanian sinthome, arguing that both name a creative deviation that re-knots the Borromean registers and that this framework—rather than a pathologizing clinical structure—offers the proper analytic lens for transgender embodiment and symptomatology.
The trans person's transformation brings us close to the etymological meaning of techné, which in Greek means both 'technique' and 'technology.' ... The art of the sinthome is art but taken in an extended sense; it is more a know-how, a sort of singular knowledge that cannot be transferred to another person.