Applying Lacan's four discourse model in career counselling at the postgraduate level

In this paper, I address Jacque Lacan's theory of the four discourses, namely, master/slave, university, hysteric and analyst. The four discourses are explored via interviews with five postgraduate business students from a leading Irish business school. Three of the students were prepared to ab...

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Published in:	British journal of guidance & counselling 2022-09, Vol.50 (5), p.687-697
Main Author:	Phillips, Patrick
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Business Administration Education Career Career Choice Career Counseling career counselling Counselors Decision Making Discourse Analysis Discourse Modes Foreign Countries four discourses Graduate Students Interpersonal Relationship Lacan Linguistic Theory Power Structure Psychiatry psychodynamic/psychoanalytic therapy Student Attitudes Universities
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Summary:	In this paper, I address Jacque Lacan's theory of the four discourses, namely, master/slave, university, hysteric and analyst. The four discourses are explored via interviews with five postgraduate business students from a leading Irish business school. Three of the students were prepared to abdicate responsibility for career decision-making to me, thereby suggesting the discourses of the master/slave and university. The remaining two students expected to retain greater control over the career decision-making process which implies a shift in position to the discourse of the analyst. I propose that career counselling should primarily reside in the discourse of analyst, with supporting reference to the discourses of hysteric, university and master/slave. Currently, there is no inclusion of Lacan in career theory.
ISSN:	0306-9885 1469-3534