Jacques Lacan : a critical introduction / Martin Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Martin (University teacher), author.

Series:

Modern European thinkers.

Modern European thinkers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis and philosophy.

Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981.

Lacan, Jacques.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2016.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Stopping and starting

Sweet and sour

Sense and nonsense

Man and window

I and I

Fight and flight

Word and wish

Ending and beginning.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

"Bibliography of works by Lacan."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783717248

1783717246

9781783717231

1783717238

OCLC:

941700300