The Capitalist Unconscious

Marx and Lacan

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Communism & Socialism, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Political
Cover of the book The Capitalist Unconscious by Samo Tomsic, Verso Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Samo Tomsic ISBN: 9781784781101
Publisher: Verso Books Publication: February 16, 2016
Imprint: Verso Language: English
Author: Samo Tomsic
ISBN: 9781784781101
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication: February 16, 2016
Imprint: Verso
Language: English

A major systematic study of the connection between Marx and Lacan’s work

Finalist for the American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize

Despite a resurgence of interest in Lacanian psychoanalysis, particularly in terms of the light it casts on capitalist ideology—as witnessed by the work of Slavoj Žižek—there remain remarkably few systematic accounts of the role of Marx in Lacan’s work.

A major, comprehensive study of the connection between their work, The Capitalist Unconscious resituates Marx in the broader context of Lacan’s teaching and insists on the capacity of psychoanalysis to reaffirm dialectical and materialist thought. Lacan’s unorthodox reading of Marx refigured such crucial concepts as alienation, jouissance and the Freudian ‘labour theory of the unconscious’. Tracing these developments, Tomšič maintains that psychoanalysis, structuralism and the critique of political economy participate in the same movement of thought; his book shows how to follow this movement through to some of its most important conclusions.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A major systematic study of the connection between Marx and Lacan’s work

Finalist for the American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize

Despite a resurgence of interest in Lacanian psychoanalysis, particularly in terms of the light it casts on capitalist ideology—as witnessed by the work of Slavoj Žižek—there remain remarkably few systematic accounts of the role of Marx in Lacan’s work.

A major, comprehensive study of the connection between their work, The Capitalist Unconscious resituates Marx in the broader context of Lacan’s teaching and insists on the capacity of psychoanalysis to reaffirm dialectical and materialist thought. Lacan’s unorthodox reading of Marx refigured such crucial concepts as alienation, jouissance and the Freudian ‘labour theory of the unconscious’. Tracing these developments, Tomšič maintains that psychoanalysis, structuralism and the critique of political economy participate in the same movement of thought; his book shows how to follow this movement through to some of its most important conclusions.

More books from Verso Books

Cover of the book The World, the Flesh and the Devil by Samo Tomsic
Cover of the book The Spectacle of Disintegration by Samo Tomsic
Cover of the book The Muslims Are Coming! by Samo Tomsic
Cover of the book The Crisis in Physics by Samo Tomsic
Cover of the book Resources of Hope by Samo Tomsic
Cover of the book The Soviet Century by Samo Tomsic
Cover of the book Brazil Apart by Samo Tomsic
Cover of the book Reformation to Industrial Revolution by Samo Tomsic
Cover of the book How Race Survived US History by Samo Tomsic
Cover of the book The Heart of the Race by Samo Tomsic
Cover of the book New Orleans Under Reconstruction by Samo Tomsic
Cover of the book The Punishment of Gaza by Samo Tomsic
Cover of the book Iran Without Borders by Samo Tomsic
Cover of the book A Turbulent, Seditious and Factious People by Samo Tomsic
Cover of the book First As Tragedy, Then As Farce by Samo Tomsic
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy