The Uses of Lacanianism during the Spanish Transition to Democracy (1975-1980)
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The Uses of Lacanianism during the Spanish Transition to Democracy (1975-1980)
Although Jacques Lacan travelled to Spain on two occasions, in 1958 and 1972, the impact of his thinking did not begin to be felt until the arrival of the Argentine theorist Oscar Masotta in 1975. From that moment on, Lacanian thought became a toolbox for politics and aesthetics, playing a pivotal role in the transformation of discourses and reflections on subjectivity that accompanied the political transition to democracy. Throughout this talk, I will analyse the context prior to Masotta's arrival, how Lacanian vocabulary was incorporated into political and artistic reflection, and what legacies survived afterwards.
Sergio Meijide Casas is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Art History at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. His research focuses on the fields of aesthetics and art theory, contemporary art history, and cultural studies. He is co-editor of Ruinas y descampados. Contra-historia del paisaje, 1 (Abada, 2024) and Gestión y autogestión del arte. Experiencias y perspectivas actuales (Abada, in press). In 2024, he won the 7th CGAC Prize for research and essay on contemporary art. He is currently undertaking a research stay at Birkbeck College, University of London.
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