The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: The Ethics of Psychoanalysis (Seminar of Jacques Lacan (Paperback)) (Book VII)

Jacques Lacan; Jacques Alain-Miller

ISBN 10: 0393316130 / ISBN 13: 9780393316131

Published by W. W. Norton & Company (edition Reprint), 1997

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Synopsis:

One of the most influential French intellectuals of this century, Lacan is seen here at the height of his powers.

Lacan dedicates this seventh year of his famous seminar to the problematic role of ethics in psychoanalysis. Delving into the psychoanalyst's inevitable involvement with ethical questions and "the attraction of transgression," Lacan illuminates Freud's psychoanalytic work and its continued influence. Lacan explores the problem of sublimation, the paradox of jouissance, the essence of tragedy (a reading of Sophocle's Antigone), and the tragic dimension of analytic experience. His exploration leads us to startling insights on "the consequence of man's relationship to desire" and the conflicting judgments of ethics and analysis.

About the Author: Jacques-Alain Miller is Director of the Department of Psychoanalysis at the University of Paris VIII and editor of Lacan's Seminars.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: The Ethics of ...
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (edition Reprint)
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Edition: Reprint.