This is a clinical approach to the question of the fantasy, which, in our field, occupies a paradoxical position, as we rarely mention it, whether in the course of an analytic experience or at our events. Let us note, however, the recent publication of an issue of La Cause du désir, entitled “Fantasme.” If the fantasy takes on such importance at the end of an analysis when we speak of its traversal, in what form does it present itself in the course of analytic work, and what is its function?
We will not set out from the formula of the fantasy that you know, $ ◇ a, but rather from an exploration of fantasmatic scenarios in analysis and in civilization. This will provide an opportunity to know more about the subject of the unconscious in its relations to this object a.