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The Ethics of Psychoanalysis 1959-1960 (Seminar of Jacques Lacan)

By Jacques Lacan

Book information

Year
1997
ISBN
0393316130, 9780393316131
Open Library ID
OL7453409M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7681996 bytes)
Pages
351\351
Topic
History
DPI
600
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

One of the most influential French intellectuals of this century, Lacan is seen here at the height of his powers. Lacan dedicates this seventh year of his famous seminar to the problematic role of ethics in psychoanalysis. Delving into the psychoanalyst's inevitable involvement with ethical questions and "the attraction of transgression," Lacan illuminates Freud's psychoanalytic work and its continued influence. Lacan explores the problem of sublimation, the paradox of jouissance, the essence of tragedy (a reading of Sophocle's Antigone), and the tragic dimension of analytic experience. His exploration leads us to startling insights on "the consequence of man's relationship to desire" and the conflicting judgments of ethics and analysis.

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