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The Philosopher's Desire: Psychoanalysis, Interpretation, and Truth

The Philosopher's Desire: Psychoanalysis, Interpretation, and Truth

Hardcover

PhilosophyLiterary CriticismGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 080475599X
ISBN13: 9780804755993
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: May 31 2007
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book is about interpretation as it pertains to literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis. It argues against certain trends of thought that claim we should do without interpretation by demonstrating that interpretation, as described by psychoanalysis, is already a fundamental aspect of all human experience. Egginton examines the idea of interpretation developed by Freud; how that notion was in turn changed by Lacan; the debate around psychoanalytic interpretation staged by philosophers like Deleuze and Derrida; and finally how a psychoanalytic notion of interpretation is necessary for even the most basic experience of consciousness.

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