The Perfume of Soul From Freud to Lacan

Cover
Endorsements
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
1. The Law of Odours
	On Smells
	Bibliography
2. What is Smell?
	Introduction
	Smell in the History of Medicine
	Psychoanalytic Understanding of Smell
	Some Concluding Remarks
	Bibliography
3. A Lost Sense?
	Introduction
	The Smell of Affliction
	Philosophical Scents
	‘Smelly’ Literature
	The Psychoanalytic Nose
	Communication
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
4. Is There an Olfactory Drive?
	Introduction
	Re-reading the Freudian Invention: The Drive
	Post Freudian Reading of the Drive
	Psychoanalysis and the Complexity of Olfaction
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
5. Breath of Life, Kiss of Death: On Breathing, the Nose and Olfaction
	Introduction
	First Breath
	Bad Breath
	Case I.
	Case II.
	The Nose and Breathing
	What is Breathing?
	Breathing and the Drive: Asphyxiation, Choking and Strangulation
	Phobia of Choking
	The Piggle
	Babadook: Do Not Breath a Word
	Final Words on Smelling and Breathing
	Bibliography
Index