The Lacanian left : psychoanalysis, theory, politics / Yannis Stavrakakis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stavrakakis, Yannis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981--Criticism and interpretation.

Lacan, Jacques.

Political psychology.

Psychoanalysis--Political aspects.

Psychoanalysis.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Right and left (Political science).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 320 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An exploration of a new concept in critical political theory: the Lacanian Left. This is a field of theoretical and political interventions sharing a common interest in discussing the relevance of Lacanianism and psychoanalysis for contemporary theory.

Contents:

COPYRIGHT; Contents; Bibliographical Note; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Locating the Lacanian Left; Part I Theory: Dialectics of Disavowal; 1 Antinomies of Creativity: Lacan and Castoriadis on Social Construction and the Political; 2 Laclau with Lacan on Jouissance: Negotiating the Affective Limits of Discourse; 3 Zizekian 'Perversions': The Lure of Antigone and the Fetishism of the Act; Excursus on Badiou; Part II Analysis: Dialectics of Enjoyment; 4 What Sticks? From Symbolic Power to Jouissance; 5 Enjoying the Nation: A Success Story?; 6 Lack of Passion: European Identity Revisited

7 The Consumerist 'Politics of Jouissance' and the Fantasy of Advertising8 Democracy in Post-Democratic Times; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-311) and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-7207-9

1-281-25209-3

9786611252090

0-7486-2907-6

OCLC:

476144917