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The Title of the Letter: A Reading of Lacan

by Jean-luc Nancy

2021-05-26 05:44:22

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This book is a close reading of Jacques Lacan''s seminal essay, "The Agency of the Letter in the Unconscious or Reason Since Freud, " selected for the particular light it casts on Lacan''s complex relation to linguistics, psychoanalysis, and philosop... Read more
This book is a close reading of Jacques Lacan''s seminal essay, "The Agency of the Letter in the Unconscious or Reason Since Freud, " selected for the particular light it casts on Lacan''s complex relation to linguistics, psychoanalysis, and philosophy. It clarifies the way Lacan renews or transforms the psychoanalytic field, through his diversion of Saussure''s theory of the sign, his radicalization of Freud''s fundamental concepts, and his subversion of dominant philosophical values. The authors argue, however, that Lacan''s discourse is marked by a deep ambiguity: while he invents a new "language," he nonetheless maintains the traditional metaphysical motifs of systemacity, foundation, and truth. Less

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Jean-Luc Nancy
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Jean-Luc Nancy is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Université Marc Bloch in Strasbourg and teaches Political Philosophy and Media Aesthetics at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee. Peter Enge...

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