The father of psychoanalytic philosophy's invaluable introduction to his own thought, available in English for the first time
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.
David Macey translated some twenty books from French to English. He
was the author of Lacan in Context, the acclaimed The Lives of
Michel Foucault, The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory and
Frantz Fanon: A Biography. He died in October 2011.
Jacques-Alain Miller is Director of the Department of
Psychoanalysis at the University of Paris VIII and editor of
Lacan's Seminars.
What does one discover in this book? First of all a language which,
far from being jargon-heavy, has the ring of luminous clarity.
Next, a sense of humour which delights in paradoxes, hops from one
subject to another and takes the reader from the most elementary
level to the most complex. A thought, of course, which cannot be
easily summarized. A benevolence too, which reassures the layperson
and helps when following the course of the talk. Finally, an
immense fidelity which never ceases to invite us to reread
Freud.
*Elle*
This is certainly a book to recommend to all those who want to have
a look at what Lacan has to say but who are reluctant to tackle his
Écrits or his Seminars.
*Sciences humaines*
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