Lacan and science / edited by Jason Glynos and Yannis Stavrakakis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glynos, Jason, editor.

Stavrakakis, Yannis, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981.

Lacan, Jacques.

Psychoanalysts.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Lacan and science

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2018.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"The current volume represents an exciting collection of essays critically examining the relation between modern science and Lacanian psychoanalysis in approaching the question of mental suffering. Lacan & Science also tackles more widely the role and logic of scientific practice in general, taking as its focus psychic processes. Central themes that are explored from a variety of perspectives include the use of mathematics in Lacanian psychoalanysis, the importance of linguistics and Freud's text in Lacan's approach, and the central significance attached to ethics and the role of the subject. Constituting an invaluable addition to existing literature, this comprehensive volume offers a fresh insight into Lacan's conception of the subject and its implications to scientific practice and evidence."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

COVER; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Theory and evidence in the Freudian field: from observation to structure; CHAPTER TWO: Psychoanalysis operates upon the subject of science: Lacan between science and ethics; CHAPTER THREE: A matter of cause: reflections on Lacan's ""Science and truth""; CHAPTER FOUR: Causality in science and psychoanalysis; CHAPTER FIVE: Elements of epistemology; CHAPTER SIX: Knowledge and science: fantasies of the whole; CHAPTER SEVEN: From mathematics to psychology: Lacan's missed encounters

CHAPTER EIGHT: Postures and impostures: on Lacan's style and use of mathematical scienceCHAPTER NINE: What causes structure to find a place in love?; CHAPTER TEN: A Lacanian approach to clinical diagnosis and addiction; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Lacan between cultural studies and cognitivism

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-429-47650-7

1-283-24864-6

9786613248640

1-84940-347-3

9780429476501

OCLC:

748241979