Introduction Jasper Feyaerts & Paulo BeerPART 1Truth in Psychoanalytic Theory and PracticeChapter 1The Virtue of Truth, Ignorance, and LoveA Reflection on Lacan’s Theory of the Subject Carin FranzénChapter 2Where the Truth Lies in PsychoanalysisThe Role of Fictional Construction Derek HumphreysChapter 3Feminine Identification and Infinite MourningChristian DunkerChapter 4The Truth of the Real Peter JanssonChapter 5Truth and SexualityFoucault, the Genealogist of PsychoanalysisLaurie LauferChapter 6Yearning to BeAuthenticity and Truth in Clinical Psychoanalytic PracticePatricia GheroviciChapter 7The Truth of GenderPsychoanalysis’s Unthinkable Trauma Nicolas EvzonasPART 2Psychoanalysis and the Philosophy of TruthChapter 8Sophist’s ChoiceMladen DolarChapter 9Consistency and ContradictionTwo Logical Aspects of Truth in PsychoanalysisAugusto IsmerimChapter 10On Saying More than One KnowsPsychoanalysis, Truth, and Subjectivity Jasper FeyaertsPART 3Toward a Psychoanalytic Politics of Truth Chapter 11The Politics of Truth and Its Transformation in NeoliberalismThe Subject-Supposed-to-Know in Algorithmic Times Nelson da Silva JuniorChapter 12Resistance and TruthBetween Psychoanalysis and PoliticsPaulo BeerChapter 13Revolution and Liquidation of TransferenceThe Subjective Destitution as a Procedure of Social EmancipationVladimir SafatleChapter 14Critique of Epistemic Economy (Fragments)Samo TomšičAbout the AuthorsDealing with the matter of truthTruth has always been a central philosophical category, occupying different fields of knowledge and practice. In the current moment of fake news and alternative facts, it is mandatory to revisit the various meanings of truth. Departing from various approaches to psychoanalytic theory and practice, the authors gathered in this book offer critical reflections and insights about truth and its effects. In articulations of psychoanalysis with (for instance) philosophy, ethics and politics, the reader will find discussions about issues such as knowledge, love, and clinical practice, all marked by the matter of truth.Truth has always been a central philosophical category, occupying different fields of knowledge and practice. In the current moment of fake news and alternative facts, it is mandatory to revisit the various meanings of truth. Departing from various approaches to psychoanalytic theory and practice, the authors gathered in this book offer critical reflections and insights about truth and its effects. In articulations of psychoanalysis with (for instance) philosophy, ethics, and politics, the reader will find discussions about issues such as knowledge, love, and clinical practice, all marked by the matter of truth.