Jacques Lacan: A Critical Introduction

by Martin Murray

Book Overview

*Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Prize, 2016* 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745315909
• ISBN13: 9780745315904
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"