Vol. 5 No. 2 (2025)
Constructing a Perspective: Epistemology of the Psi Sciences

Articles

The Pass of Psychoanalysis: From the End of Analysis to New Analytic Forms

Published 2025-12-31

  • Gabriel Tupinambá
    • ,
  • Vladislav Rostilov
    • ,
  • Pavel Odintsov

Gabriel Tupinambá
Alameda Institute

Vladislav Rostilov
Independent researcher

Pavel Odintsov
Independent researcher

Abstract

The article proposes a new approach to conceptualizing Lacan’s theory of the pass as a mechanism that links the end of individual analysis, the training of analysts, and the transformation of analytic institutions. It formulates three key theses according to which the political dimension of psychoanalysis is determined primarily by the regimes of training and the reproduction of analytic practice rather than only by conditions of access to analysis, and shows that changes in the social composition of analytic schools have direct epistemological consequences for the theory itself. Drawing on contemporary clinical initiatives and theoretical debates, the article rethinks classical Lacanian categories (the signifier, the Other, interpretation, the Real) from the standpoint of analytic listening and introduces the notion of “analytic egalitarianism”, which underscores the decisive role of the distribution of the capacity to listen within the clinical space. The pass is treated not as a final act of analyst authorization but as a specific form of analysis that links singular analytic trajectories to the collective task of restructuring the analytic community. The article concludes by arguing for a political project aimed at institutional change within the Lacanian field and at the creation of new analytic forms.

Keywords

Lacanian psychoanalysis, theory of the pass, end of analysis, analytic listening, analytic egalitarianism

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Author Biography

Gabriel Tupinambá

Practicing psychoanalyst (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), member of the communist-oriented research collective Subset of Theoretical Practice and Head of Social Strategy at the Alameda Institute.

Vladislav Rostilov

Independent researcher

Pavel Odintsov

Philosopher, independent researcher.

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