“Some discreet ones form a school,” or

what bond is possible at the end of an analysis?

Abstract

This paper is based on the logic of collectiveness as Lacan (1945/1998) develops in his text “Logical Time and the Assertion of Anticipated Certainty.” It also seeks to discuss the proposal in coordination with establishing a universal based on the exception. Therefore, identifying oneself with a “collective,” at this moment, is closer to each individual’s particular assertion regarding one’s existence: fraternal as speaking and castrated. However, this logic is the same that requires separation to become established. Given the theoretical progress made by Lacan in the field of jouissance as of the 1970s, this paper questions whether anything would change in this collective link or if it would be possible to think about a different collective knowledge — one that would not become established through a set based on exception, but based on a paradoxical interlacing, as proposed by Milner (2006). Therefore, could each speakbeing’s unique form of jouissance make a difference in this type of link, thus introducing that “discrete” trait of a fraternity?