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The Title of the Letter: A Reading of Lacan

By Jean-Luc Nancy , Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe

Book information

Publisher
State University of New York Press
Year
1992
ISBN
0791409627, 9780791409626, 0791409619, 9780791409619
LCC
BF109.L28 L3213 1992
Google Books ID
8_5Xq_il0hAC&am
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2624668 bytes)
Series
SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
Pages
182\182
DPI
300
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

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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