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The Asexual Subject | Dr Kevin Murphy

This Lacan in Scotland seminar "The Asexual Subject" took place 29 May 2025 on Zoom. Dr kevin Murphy, Lacanian practitioner, offers an in-depth account on asexuality from a Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective. The seminar is chaired by Professor Calum Neill, Director of Lacan in Scotland, and ends in a Q&A with the audience. VIDEO TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 01:03 - Presentation 47:06 - Discussion with Calum 57:28 - Q&A with audience 1:16:20 - Calum's last question REFERENCES MENTIONED Part 1 - Masturbation & lack of sexual desire Brotto et al. (2010). Asexuality: A mixed-methods approach. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39(3), 599-618. See pp. 607 & 611-12. Yule et al. (2017). Sexual fantasy and masturbation among asexual individuals. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46, 311-328. See pp. 311-13. Scherrer (2008). Coming to an asexual identity: Negotiating identity, negotiating desire. Sexualities, 11(5), 621–641. See p. 628. Prause & Graham (2007). Asexuality: Classification and characterization. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36(3), 341–355. See p. 344. O'Donnell (2008). We're married, we just don't have sex. The Guardian, 8 Sept. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst... (See p. 1). REFERENCES MENTIONED Part 2 - The uncastrated father Le Gaufey, G. (2020 [2006]). Lacan and the formulae of sexuation – Exploring logical consistency and clinical consequences, (Gallagher, C., trans). Routledge. (See pp.49-51). Lacan, J. (2007 [1969-1970]). The other side of psychoanalysis, Seminar XVII (Miller, J.A., ed.), (Grigg, R., trans). Norton. (See pp.100-101, p.114) Murphy, K. (2023). Asexuality and Freudian-Lacanian Psychoanalysis - Towards a theory of an enigma. Routledge. (See pp.119-21, 151n.5). Verhaeghe P. (1995). From impossibility to inability: Lacan’s theory on the four discourses. The Letter, Irish Journal for Lacanian Psychoanalysis, 03 (Spring), pp.76-99. (See p.79, 90) DESCRIPTION OF THE SEMINAR Asexuality is defined as the experience of having no sexual attraction for another person. As a recently emerged self-defined sexual orientation it received little or no attention from psychoanalytic research until “Asexuality and Freudian-Lacanian Psychoanalysis – Towards a Theory of an Enigma” was published by Routledge in late 2023. The book approaches the enigma that is asexuality without a presumption of pathology. Based on close readings of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan, it attempts to build an aetiological framework using existing psychoanalytic concepts. It also draws on the work of asexual writers and on the findings and clinical data from non-psychoanalytic asexual research. The book proposes that asexuality rather than being a desire for an unsatisfied desire is a desire for no sexual desire. It supports this view with Freud’s extensive theorizing on the problematic nature of libidinal excitation, particularly at the infantile stage. It also utilizes Lacan’s theory of the child reversing its dependence on the mother thereby refusing to take up the position of the Imaginary phallus as outlined in Seminar IV. Furthermore, the book proposes that the absolute nature of the absence of sexual desire in asexuality suggests a foreclosure of the Imaginary phallus. This foreclosure is not causative of psychosis in the way psychoanalysis classically understands the consequence of foreclosure of the Name of the Father. It is, instead, a foreclosure with implications for the Symbolic phallus as the signifier of sexualised meaning effects. As such, it is fundamental to the formation of the asexual subject. SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY Kevin Murphy, Ph.D., is a Registered Practitioner member of the Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland (APPI). He is a practicing psychoanalytic psychotherapist, registered training analyst and registered supervising analyst. In his private practice he works mainly in the area of sexuality. His doctoral research on asexuality was conducted under the supervision of Russell Grigg at Deakin University, Melbourne and was published by Routledge in 2023 as “Asexuality and Freudian Lacanian Psychoanalysis – Towards a Theory of an Enigma”. He has presented papers at conferences and seminars in Ireland and abroad. He has recently retired as a volunteer psychoanalyst in a sex offenders’ facility where he held a weekly clinic for 15 years. His current research is on Freudian and Lacanian theories of perversion in relation to child sexual abuse. ABOUT LACAN IN SCOTLAND Lacan in Scotland runs a regular seminar series, currently with seminars taking place on Thursdays online at the end of the month. Sign up to our mailing list to get notified about upcoming events: https://lacaninscotland.com. And, of course, subscribe to our Youtube channel and hit the bell button to receive notifications about recordings of past events!