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Lacan and Cassirer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Antoine Mooij
- Series:
- Value Inquiry Book Series 321.
- Value inquiry book series, Philosophy and psychology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Symbolism (Psychology).
- Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981.
- Lacan, Jacques.
- Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945.
- Cassirer, Ernst.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 256 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2018.
- Summary:
- The Neo-Kantian philosopher Cassirer and the psychoanalyst Lacan are two key figures in the so-called medial turn in philosophy: the notion that any form of access to reality is mediated by symbols (images, words, signifiers). This explains why the theories of both philosophers merit a description in their own unique idioms, as well as having their respective basic tenets compared. It will be argued that, rather surprisingly, these tenets turn out be complementary - actually correcting each other – based on their shared notion of man as an animal symbolicum . Its fruitfulness will be substantiated for a limited number of topics within the humanities: perception, language, politics and ethics, and mental disorder, all to be considered from this perspective.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- An Outline of the Human Condition
- Cassirer
- Lacan
- Variations on the Theme of Symbolisation.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-37366-7
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004373662 DOI
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