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Irrepressible Truth : On Lacan s The Freudian Thing /

This book offers readers a uniquely detailed engagement with the ideas of legendary French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan. The Freudian Thing is one of Lacan s most important texts, wherein he explains the significance and stakes of his return to Freud as a passionate defence of Freud s disturbing, epo...

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Main Authors: Johnston, Adrian
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: The Palgrave Lacan Series
Subjects:
Psychology
Philosophy, Ancient
Philosophy of mind
Psychoanalysis
Psychology > Methodology
Psychological measurement
Self
Identity Psychology
Psychological Methods/Evaluation
Self and Identity
Psychosocial Studies
Classical Philosophy
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57514-8
Summary: This book offers readers a uniquely detailed engagement with the ideas of legendary French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan. The Freudian Thing is one of Lacan s most important texts, wherein he explains the significance and stakes of his return to Freud as a passionate defence of Freud s disturbing, epoch-making discovery of the unconscious, against misrepresentations and criticisms of it. However, Lacan is characteristically cryptic in The Freudian Thing. The combination of his writing style and vast range of references renders much of his thinking inaccessible to all but a narrow circle of sch
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XXIX, 186 pages).
ISBN: 9783319575148
Index Number: BF38
CLC: B84

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