Abstract:
I follow Lacan’s thoughts from his antecedent essays to the moment that he formalizes the function of the subject, reading those texts with the help of the concept of Nachträglichkeit, with the objective of unraveling the discursive threads that propel Lacan in the direction of the concept of subject. This retrospective movement shows that two of the most important predicates of the subject - the fact that the subject is caused in the field of the Other, and yet the subject maintains a indetermination that is impossible to be objectified - are present at least since Lacan’s doctorate thesis.
Keywords:
subject; structuralism; retroactive reading; Nachträglichkeit