This book provides 18 lively commentaries on Lacan's Seminar VIII Transference (1960-61) that
explore its theoretical and philosophical consequences in the clinic the classroom and
society. Including contributions from clinicians as well as scholars working in philosophy
literature and culture studies the commentaries presented here represent a wide-range of
disciplinary perspectives on the concept of transference. Some chapters closely follow the
structure of the seminar's sessions while others take up thematic concerns or related sessions
such as the commentary on sessions 19 to 22 which deal with Lacan's discussion of Claudel's
Coûfontaine trilogy. This book is not a compendium to Lacan's seminar. Instead it attempts to
capture through shorter contributions a spectrum of voices debating deliberating and learning
with Lacan's concept. In doing so it can be seen to engage with transference conceptually in a
manner that matches the spirit of Lacan's seminar itself. The book will provide an invaluable
new resource for Lacan scholars working across the fields of psychoanalytic theory clinical
psychology philosophy and cultural studies.
