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The Title of the Letter: A Reading of Lacan

The Title of the Letter: A Reading of Lacan

Paperback

Series: Suny Contemporary Continental Philosophy

General Psychology

ISBN10: 0791409627
ISBN13: 9780791409626
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Apr 28 1992
Pages: 183
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.94 Depth: 9.06
Language: English

This book is a close reading of Jacques Lacan's seminal essay, The Agency of the Letter in the Unconscious or Reason Since Freud, selected for the particular light it casts on Lacan's complex relation to linguistics, psychoanalysis, and philosophy. It clarifies the way Lacan renews or transforms the psychoanalytic field, through his diversion of Saussure's theory of the sign, his radicalization of Freud's fundamental concepts, and his subversion of dominant philosophical values. The authors argue, however, that Lacan's discourse is marked by a deep ambiguity: while he invents a new language, he nonetheless maintains the traditional metaphysical motifs of systemacity, foundation, and truth.

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