What is Object a?

What is Jacques Lacan's idea of object a? Where did Lacan's idea come from, and what is the importance of object a in psychoanalysis? We will look at what in psychoanalysis is meant by the term 'object', how Freud thinks of it early in his work, and how Lacan builds on Freud's idea of 'the Thing' in order arrive at a new theory of the object: object a. Contact me about psychoanalytic psychotherapy - https://www.LacanOnline.com/appointme... For more exploring psychoanalysis through the work of Jacques Lacan - http://www.LacanOnline.com Works referenced in this video: Freud, Standard Edition, vol 1 - https://amzn.to/3Lr0WOH Lacan, Écrits - https://amzn.to/4cmdlfY Lacan, Seminar VII - https://amzn.to/4pjOnm6 Lacan, Seminar XI - https://amzn.to/4iY8pAt Lacan, Seminar XVI - https://amzn.to/3R55CJm Miller - L'Orientation lacanienne seminars - https://jonathanleroy.be/2020/12/orie... My earlier video on 'The Uncanny - Object a and Anxiety in Freud and Lacan' -    • The Uncanny - Object a and Anxiety in Freu...