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How To Read Lacan
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This book is ideal for readers interested in philosophy, psychoanalysis, and cultural theory, particularly those familiar with Lacan or wishing to understand his complex ideas through accessible examples.
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Slavoj Zizek's passionate defence of Lacan reasserts the ethical urgency of psychoanalysis. Traditionally, psychoanalysis was expected to allow the patient to overcome the obstacles which prevented access to 'normal' sexual enjoyment; today, however, we are bombarded from all sides by different versions of the injunction 'Enjoy!' Lacan reminds us that psychoanalysis is the only discourse in which you are allowed not to enjoy.
Since for Lacan psychoanalysis itself is a procedure of reading, each chapter uses a passage from Lacan as a tool to interpret another text from philosophy, art or popular ideology. Lacan is read with Hegel and Hitchcock, with Shakespeare and Dostoevsky.
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How To Read Lacan
Slavoj Zizek's passionate defence of Lacan reasserts the ethical urgency of psychoanalysis. Traditionally, psychoanalysis was expected to allow the patient to overcome the obstacles which prevented access to 'normal' sexual enjoyment; today, however, we are bombarded from all sides by different versions of the injunction 'Enjoy!' Lacan reminds us that psychoanalysis is the only discourse in which you are allowed...PaperbackSold Out
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Mark Wallinger praises Zizek's writing as erudite and witty, noting the tremendous range and scope of his analogies, which make the book thoroughly engaging.
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ISBN: 9781862078949
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 September 2006
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Granta Books
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 110g
Pages: 128
About the Author
Slavoj Zizek philosopher and psychoanalyst, heads the International Center of Humanities at Birkbeck College. His numerous books, translated into more than 30 languages, include The Parallax View and Lacan: the Silent Partners.
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