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The Seminar of Jacques Lacan
On Feminine Sexuality, the Limits of Love and Knowledge
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Ideal for students and scholars of psychoanalysis, philosophy, and psychology, as well as readers interested in critical theory and the deep relations between love and knowledge.
A startling psycholinguistic exploration of the boundaries of love and knowledge.
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Often controversial, always inspired, Jacques Lacan here weighs theories of the relationship between the desire for love and the attainment of knowledge from such thinkers as Aristotle, Marx, and Freud. He leads us through mathematics, philosophy, religion, and, naturally, psychoanalysis into an entirely new way of interpreting the two most fundamental human drives.
Long anticipated by English-speaking readers, this annotated translation presents Lacan's most sophisticated work on love and desire.
Discover the profound insights offered in The Seminar of Jacques Lacan and explore the intersections of love and knowledge as you never have before.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780393319163
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 November 1999
Country: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Edition: Encore Edition
Contributors:
- Translated by Bruce Fink
- Edited by Jacques-Alain Miller
- Notes by Bruce Fink
- Edited by Jacques-Alain Miller
- Translated by Bruce Fink
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 15.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 232g
Pages: 160
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About the Author
The psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (1901-1981) was one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers. His many published works include Ecrits and The Seminars. Jacques-Alain Miller is Director of the Department of Psychoanalysis at the University of Paris VIII and editor of Lacan's Seminars. Bruce Fink, today's premier translator of Lacan, is winner of a Translation Prize from the French-American Foundation for his translation of Lacan's Ecrits. He is a professor of psychology at Duquesne University and lives in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania.
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