Jacques Lacan

The work of Jaques Lacan, eminent French psychoanalyst and influential thinker (1901-1981), is recognized as being of vital importance to psychoanalysts, philosophers, and all those concerned with the the study of man and language. Its value is not limited to the field of psychoanalysis alone, but provides the basis for a new philosophy of man and a new theory of discourse. It is, however, notoriously difficult for the non-specialist reader to come to terms with Lacan's reading of Freud and his investigations of the unconscious. Until now, there has been no satisfactory general introduction to Lacan, and this first general exposition of his work, translated and revised from the French edition, is designed to provide the conceptual tools which will enable the reader to study Lacan using the original texts. The First General Exposition Of Lacan's Important But Difficult Work, This Is Designed To Provide The Conceptual Tools Which Will Enable The Reader To Study Lacan Using The Original Texts. Some Elements And Some Problems Of General Linguistics -- Lacan's Use Of The General Data Of Linguistics -- Constitution Of The Subject By Accession To The Symbolic, The Spaltung, The Role Of The Oedipus In This Transition -- Engendering Of The Unconscious By Primal Repression (or Accession To Language) In Accordance With The Process Of Metaphor -- Elementary Signifiers Constituting The Unconscious -- Transition From Lack To Desire And To Demand -- Mechanisms Of The Formations Of The Unconscious: Structure And Organization Of The Unconscious Signifying Network -- General Conception Of The Cure In Lacan -- Lacanian Conception Of Neurosis And Psychosis. Anika Lemaire ; Translated By David Macey. Translation With Revisions Of Jacques Lacan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 254-260) And Index. A standard text on Lacan, designed to provide the conceptional tools to enable the reader to study Lacan using the original tetxs. A helpful exposition of Lacan's difficult but important work.