Signifiers and acts : freedom in Lacan's theory of the subject / Ed Pluth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pluth, Ed.

Series:

SUNY series, insinuations.

SUNY series, insinuations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981.

Lacan, Jacques.

Psychoanalysis.

Psychoanalysis and philosophy.

Phenomenology.

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Signifiers and Acts, Ed Pluth examines Lacan's views on language and sexuality to argue that Lacan's theory of the subject is best read as a theory of freedom and agency—a theory that is especially compelling precisely because of its structuralist and seemingly antihumanist framework. Presenting new aspects of Lacan's work and commenting extensively on the important yet unpublished seminars that still make up the majority of his contribution to contemporary thought, the book aims to make a Lacanian intervention into contemporary theory. In addition to Saussure, Sartre, Derrida, Lacoue-Labarthe, and Nancy, Pluth discusses works in political theory and identity theory by Alain Badiou, Judith Butler, and Slavoj Zðizûek.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Lacan’s Subversion of the Subject

The First Thesis

Identity, or the Subject-as-Meaning

The Second Thesis

The Fundamental Fantasy

How Acts Use Signifiers

Badiou and Žižek on Acts and Subjects

An Act Beyond Recognition

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-185) and index.

ISBN:

9780791479377

0791479374

9781435617490

1435617495

OCLC:

190792147