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Lacan and the Political

By Yannis Stavrakakis

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1999
ISBN
9780415171861, 0415171865
LCC
BF175.4.S65 S73 1999
Open Library ID
OL388118M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
901 kB (922760 bytes)
Series
Thinking the Political
Pages
125\125
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

Yannis Stavrakakis moves beyond the standard discussion of the Lacanian concept of the subject in a socio-political context, toward an analysis of the objective side of human experience. In the first part of Lacan and the Political, the author highlights Lacan's innovative understanding of the sociopolitical field and offers a straightforward and systematic assessment of the importance of Lanca's categories and theoretical construction for concrete political analysis. The second half of he book applies Lacanian theory to specific examples of widely discussed political issues, such as Green ideology, the question of democracy and the hegemony of advertising in contemporary culture. Lacan and the Political demonstrates the immense potential of Lacanian thought to invigorate our consideration of the political and will be of interest to all who seek to further their understanding of modern ideological discourse in politics.

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