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There’s No Such Thing as a Sexual Relationship

Two Lessons on Lacan
By Barbara Cassin and Alain Badiou
Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
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There’s No Such Thing as a Sexual Relationship delves into the philosophical and psychoanalytical exploration of desire and love. Barbara Cassin and Alain Badiou engage with Lacanian theory to question the nature of relationships beyond the physical realm. Their dialogue investigates how language and culture shape our understanding of sexual bonds and challenges conventional ideas about intimacy and connection.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in a philosophical exploration of the complexities of love and desire, particularly from a perspective that delves into the intersections of language, psychoanalysis, and politics. The authors engage in a thought-provoking dialogue that challenges traditional understandings of relationships, making it an intriguing read for those fascinated by deep philosophical and psychological discussions.

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There’s No Such Thing as a Sexual Relationship

Badiou and Cassin engage with Lacan’s L’Etourdit, exploring how love sheds light on the nature of reality and what counts as truth.

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Published in 1973, L'Etourdit was one of the French philosopher Jacques Lacan's most important works. The book posed questions that traversed the entire body of Lacan's psychoanalytical explorations, including his famous idea that "there is no such thing as a sexual relationship," which seeks to undermine our certainties about intimacy and reality.

In There’s No Such Thing as a Sexual Relationship, Alain Badiou and Barbara Cassin take possession of Lacan's short text, thinking "with" Lacan about his propositions and what kinds of questions they raise in relation to knowledge. Cassin considers the relationship of the real to language through a Sophist lens, while the Platonist Badiou unpacks philosophical claims about truth.

Each of their contributions echoes back to one another, offering new ways of thinking about Lacan, his seminal ideas, and his role in advancing philosophical thought.

Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture

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In There's No Such Thing as a Sexual Relationship, Badiou and Cassin engage with Lacan's enigmatic work to unravel its complexities and place it within the broader philosophical context. Their collaborative effort provides clarity to Lacan's later teachings, offering stimulating insights into the intersection of philosophy and psychoanalysis. Reviewers find the book intellectually engaging, signalling its importance for specialists keen on exploring the intertwined projects of Lacan and his interpreters.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780231157957

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 March 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Columbia University Press

Contributors:

  • Translated by Kenneth Reinhard
  • Translated by Susan Spitzer
  • Introduction by Kenneth Reinhard
  • Translated by Susan Spitzer
  • Introduction by Kenneth Reinhard

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 136

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Alain Badiou Barbara Cassin Education & Reference Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture

About the Author

Alain Badiou (PhD, Philosophy, Ecole Normale Superieure) holds the Rene Descartes Chair at the European Graduate School; he also teaches at the Ecole Normale Superieure and the College International de Philosophie in Paris. He is the author of several successful novels and plays as well as more than a dozen philosophical works, including his masterwork, Being and Event (Continuum, 2007), and several Columbia titles, includng Plato's Republic (2013) and Jacques Lacan Past and Present (2016).

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