Jacques Lacan : a critical introduction / / Martin Murray

• Autore: Murray Martin (University teacher)
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Pluto Press, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 150.195092
• Soggetto topico: Psychoanalysis and philosophy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: "Bibliography of works by Lacan."; Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Stopping and starting -- Sweet and sour -- Sense and nonsense -- Man and window -- I and I -- Fight and flight -- Word and wish -- Ending and beginning.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The wide-ranging and brilliant ideas of the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan have had a major influence on twentieth and twenty-first century thought. His 'followers' are loyal and legion. Yet his ideas are complex and were conveyed in a dense and abstract form. Lacan's detractors have accused him of obscurantism, pretentiousness and even incoherence. His psychoanalytic practice and his personal life were complicated too. He was famous and contentious in equal measure. Martin Murray provides a lucid account of Lacan's key concepts, tracing their origins in his diverse interests: art, psychiatry, philosophy, anthropology, linguistics and (of course) psychoanalysis. Murray also investigates Lacan's professional life, personal life and institutional influence in an attempt to understand the charismatic and controversial person he became. The investigation uncovers a uniquely 'split' and contradictory figure whose life and work is both fascinating and erratic. The book offers a critical, biographical and historical introduction to Lacan that encourages a critical appreciation life and his thought"--Back cover.
• Titolo autorizzato: Jacques Lacan
• ISBN: 1-78371-724-6; 1-78371-723-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797993603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Modern European thinkers.