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Three papers were presented at this panel: The platypus (Bion—Lacan) by Jacques Dufour, Subjective involvement of the analyst in the transference process: From ‘without memory and desire’ in Bion to ‘the desire of the analyst’ in Lacan by Dr Carlos A. Barredo and Dr Oscar A. Paulucci and The analyst's response to the effects of the transference by Dr Rogelio Sosnik.
J. Dufour entitled his paper The platypus as a reference to old scientific controversies regarding its being a mammal or an oviparous animal. A new category of ‘monotrems’ was created to accommodate the type. The author suggests that the binomial Bion—Lacan can be conceived of as such an animal, in which two divergent theoretical perspectives co-exist so that a new category or interpretive dynamic is created.
The author sees as the point of convergence between Bion and Lacan the issue of the lies of language in the psychoanalytic cure. However, this convergence entails a divergence in theorization: Lacan conceptualizes the lie as the irreductible alienation of the subject by language, whereas Bion conceptualizes the lie as a defensive manoeuvre against the subject's deep and intense anxieties. The different conceptualizations would lead to a different clinical approach, particularly regarding psychotic phenomena. The author proposes a line of reflection and opens up technical issues suggesting that perhaps one should bear in mind a two-way path at the core of the analytic process: Lacan's path which starts off at the surface of language and via the disruptions of the discourse re-finds the lost voice of the subject's unconscious, and Bion's path which starts off from the deep emotional disturbance experienced by the analyst in his/her contact with the patient so that he/she can then facilitate a developmental transformation into thought and language.
Dr C. Barredo and Dr O. Paulucci begin their paper, Subjective involvement of the analyst in the transference process: From ‘without memory and desire’ in Bion