Lacan and the Subject of Language (RLE: Lacan) (Routledge Library Editions: Lacan) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415728762 ISBN 13: 9780415728768

Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

Originally published in 1991, this volume tackles the diverse teachings of the great psychoanalyst and theoretician. Written by some of the leading American and European Lacanian scholars and practitioners, the essays attempt to come to terms with his complex relation to the culture of contemporary psychoanalysis.

The volume presents useful insights into Lacan’s innovative theories on the nature of language and the subject. Many of the essays probe the importance of psychoanalysis for problems of signifier and referent in the philosophy of language; others explore the difficulties men and women have in negotiating the sexual differences that divide them.

A major contribution to the new reception of Jacques Lacan in the English-speaking world, Lacan and the Subject of Language will challenge those who believe that they have already ‘mastered’ Lacanian thought. The insights offered here will pave the way for further developments.

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Ragland-Sullivan, Ellie; Bracher, Mark

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415728762
• ISBN 13: 9780415728768
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238
• Editor: Ragland-Sullivan Ellie, Bracher Mark