Jacques Lacan and the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis
Jacques Lacan and the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis
Jacques Lacan and the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis Summary:
By Ellie Ragland-Sullivan
Publisher:
University of Illinois Press
Number Of Pages:
384
Publication Date:
1987-08-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN:
0252014650
ISBN-13 / EAN:
9780252014659
This volume is the first clear and comprehensive critical analysis of
Jacques Lacan's thought for the English-speaking world. With Jacques Lacan and the philosophy of Psychoanalysis
Ellie Ragland-Sullivan not only fills that gap but also provides the
foundation upon which all future studies of Lacan must build. Working
principally from the legendary but seldom-analyzed Seminars,
Ragland-Sullivan clarifies and synthesizes Lacan's major concepts.
Using empirical data as well as Lacan's texts, she demonstrates how
Lacan's teachings constitute a new epistemology that goes far beyond
conventional thinking in psychoanalysis, psychology, philosophy, and
linguistics.