Abstract

FERRARI, Vitor. Discursive practices at the university: an analysis from the Lacanian theory of the four speeches. Rev. Estud. Lacan. [online]. 2010, vol.3, n.4, pp. p-pp. ISSN 1983-0769.

This work intends to approach the various methods to operate with the knowledge at the university. For that, we carry out a short outline regarding the forms to treat knowledge in both medieval and modern universities. We elect, as main instrument for such analysis, Lacan’s theory of the four speeches. Special attention will be given to the relationships between knowledge and university through the speech of the analyst and that of the university. We will underline the obstacles in the evolution of the knowledge, from the point of view of its production and transmission in certain discursive structures present in the university context. Finally, we will clarify the importance of the circularity of the discursive structures in the manners of operating with the knowledge at the university.

Keywords : University; Knowledge; Production; Psychoanalysis; Speeches.