Charles Bernstein's most recent book is a libretto Shadowtime, form Green Integer. He is the author of With Strings (University of Chicago Press, 2001), Republics of Reality: Poems 1975-1995 (Sun & Moon Press, 2000), the co-director of PennSound, and editor of the Electronic Poetry Center. More information at his author page at EPC. He teaches at the University of Pennsylvania.
La-CANE-ians: The cane or crutch is understood as a third leg or
limping/stuttering phallus
LAKE-anians: the unconscious is structured like a lake
LACK-anians focus on “the ache of lack” and the desire to fill this
void with ultimately unsatisfying and imaginary objects
La-CAN-ians: the can do, pragmatic strain
La-CAN’T-ians: a form of negative dialectics
La-CUNT-ians: by far the most radical followers of Lacan, who
believe the unconscious is structured like the female genital organ
La-KIN-ians: a cross between the ideas of Lacan & Levi-Strauss,
which stresses the importance of interrelations and kinship patterns
LOW-canians situate themselves in opposition to the “high” ’canians.
La-CONE-ians believe the unconscious is structured like a cone
La-KANT-ians: a philosophical branch that connects the thinking of
Lacan to that of Immanuel Kant.
La-KILT-ians believe the unconscious is structured like a kilt
© Charles Bernstein 2006
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