Jacques Lacan

A Critical Introduction

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Political
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Author: Martin Murray ISBN: 9781783717248
Publisher: Pluto Press Publication: December 20, 2015
Imprint: Pluto Press Language: English
Author: Martin Murray
ISBN: 9781783717248
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication: December 20, 2015
Imprint: Pluto Press
Language: English

*Shortlisted for the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Prize, 2016**BR**BR*The wide-ranging and brilliant ideas of the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (1901-1981) have had a major influence on modern thought. His 'followers' are loyal and legion. Yet his ideas are complex and densely conveyed. Lacan's detractors have accused him of obscurantism, pretentiousness and even incoherence, his psychoanalytic practice and his personal life were complicated - he was famous and contentious in equal measure. *BR**BR*Martin Murray provides a lucid account of Lacan's key concepts, including the mirror stage, and his relationship to Freud's ideas, amongst many others. Tracing their origins in his diverse interests: art, psychiatry, philosophy, anthropology, linguistics and 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.

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*Shortlisted for the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Prize, 2016**BR**BR*The wide-ranging and brilliant ideas of the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (1901-1981) have had a major influence on modern thought. His 'followers' are loyal and legion. Yet his ideas are complex and densely conveyed. Lacan's detractors have accused him of obscurantism, pretentiousness and even incoherence, his psychoanalytic practice and his personal life were complicated - he was famous and contentious in equal measure. *BR**BR*Martin Murray provides a lucid account of Lacan's key concepts, including the mirror stage, and his relationship to Freud's ideas, amongst many others. Tracing their origins in his diverse interests: art, psychiatry, philosophy, anthropology, linguistics and 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.

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