Often controversial, always inspired, Jacques Lacan here weighs theories of the relationship between the desire for love and the attainment of knowledge from such thinkers as Aristotle, Marx, and
A charismatic and controversial figure, Lacan is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century and his work has revolutionized linguistics, philosophy, literature, psychology, cultural a
The first complete English translation of Lacan's vital, enduring work.Brilliant and innovative, Jacques Lacan's work lies at the epicenter of modern thought about otherness, subjectivity, sexual dif
A major new translation of one of the most influential psychoanalytic works of modern times. Brilliant and innovative, Jacques Lacan's work has had a tremendous influence on contemporary discourse. La
Jacques Lacan's commentaries on Freud had revolutionary implications not only for the analytic movement but also for contemporary philosophy and literary criticism. Lacan held that if the unconscious,
Grigg (Deakin U., Melbourne, Australia) practices psychoanalysis and teaches philosophy and psychoanalytic studies, yet found time to prepare a new translation of Lacan's seminal thinking as it appeared in a version of Le Seminaire de Jacques Lacan, Livre XVII, L'Envers de las Psychanalyse, 1969-1970 (edited by Jacques-Alain Miller and published by Editions du Seuil, Paris, 1991.) Lacan delivered this seminar about a year after the tumultuous events in France in 1968, and at the time of the foundation of the Department of Psychoanalysis at the U. of Paris (Vincennes); and the context of both are the framework for his wide-ranging discussion of the place of psychoanalysis in the university, the impact of university knowledge on psychoanalysis, and themes related to hysteria, knowledge as a means of jouissance and truth as its sister, the castrated master and the fathers of hordes, myth as it becomes structure, Freud, Marx, Hegel, and patterns of social and sexual behavior. Annotation
During the third year of his famous seminar, Jaques Lacan gives a concise definition of psychoanalysis. He focuses on grappling with the distinctions between neuroses and the psychoses and erects a st
In his famous seminar on ethics, Jacques Lacan uses this question as his departure point for a re-examination of Freud's work and the experience of psychoanalysis in relation to ethics. Delving into t
During the third year of his famous seminar, Jacques Lacan gives a concise definition of psychoanalysis: 'Psychoanalysis should be the science of language inhabited by the subject. From the Freudian
Jacques Lacans writings, and especially the seminars for which he has become famous, offer a controversial, radical reappraisal of the legacy bequeathed by Freud. This volume is based on a year's sem
Brilliant and innovative, Jacques Lacan's work has had a tremendous influence on contemporary discourse. Lacan lies at the epicenter of contemporary discourses about otherness, subjectivity, sexual d
Brilliant and innovative, Jacques Lacan's work lies at the epicenter of modern thought about otherness, subjectivity, sexual difference, the drives, the law, and enjoyment. This new translation of his
