Lamella: Tidsskrift for teoretisk psykoanalyse #10

Lamella is the Latin name for a thin, flat plate or membrane.And it is Lacan’s suggestive metaphor for the drive. Lamella is theimmortal principle behind the mortal appearances, that which onecannot get rid of, that which keeps returning, the extra little piece ofje ne sais quoi that cannot be boiled, burned, chopped up, or gnawedthrough – like a piece of aluminum foil that cannot be broken down,a stain that cannot be washed away, a turd that cannot be flushed.Lamella is also a journal of theoretical psychoanalysis.