An interesting and important debate has been taking place in the pages of the British Medical Journal (http://www.bmj.com) which goes to the heart of the internet promise or nightmare.
A historiadora e psicanalista Elisabeth Roudinesco em seu livro " Jacques Lacan Esboço de uma vida, história de um sistema de pensamento" narra o seguinte episódio: Em 19 54, Lacan se encontrava empenhado em remontar a natureza subversiva do Freudismo as suas próprias origens, e consequentemente ao próprio Freud.
Dans l'état des connaissances contemporaines, il est possible de reconnaître une certaine réalité au « phénomène astrologique ». Il semble y avoir comme un ordre sous-jacent au monde dont nous pouvons faire l'expérience par l'examen de notre carte du ciel de naissance. Celle-ci paraît refléter les structures les plus profondes de notre intériorité.
In the present state of contemporary knowledge, one recognizes a certain "astrological phenomenon." Apparently, an order exists which underlies the world and may be experienced through the perusal of our birth chart, the latter reflecting the fathomless structures of our interiority.
Whenever I am compelled to repeatedly view a film, I know there is a subtext concealed somewhere between the lines of the narrative that my mind is straining to grasp, and so it is with The Silence of the Lambs.
