A interpretação analítica, a política da falta-a-ser e uma interposição da poesia concreta

Abstract

In this article, we engage in a critical debate on the foundation of interpretation and the politics of psychoanalysis, drawing connections with Brazilian concrete theorists and poets. Our approach is grounded in a theorization of Lacan’s teachings from the 1950s, particularly his reflections on the epistemological and aesthetic dimensions of interpretation and their intersection with the philosophical concerns inherent in psychoanalytic politics. We argue that both the question of interpretation and the formulation of psychoanalytic politics must be examined through the essential lens of speech and language, which serve as fundamental determinants of conceptual grounding and analytic effects in psychoanalysis. Lacan’s appropriation of structuralisme, the primacy of the signifier and the concept of the letter (lettre), plays a crucial role in shaping the objectives of analytic interpretation and influencing philosophical discussions surrounding the politics of the will-to-be (manque-à-être). Rather than establishing a fixed philosophical stance, this political perspective foregrounds the subject’s relationship with language within the analytic experience, offering a means of defining the analyst’s position. We propose that concrete poetics provides a valuable framework for expanding the debate on the formal concerns and expressive scope of language, as well as the limitations of the subject within linguistic structures. Furthermore, it offers a critical perspective on the prevailing tendency to assimilate psychoanalytic politics into an ontological framework. By engaging with concrete poetics, we emphasize the necessity of considering the materiality and performativity of language, thereby challenging essentialist readings of psychoanalytic discourse and reinforcing its inherently dynamic and processual nature.