Jacques Lacan and the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis

By Ellie Ragland-Sullivan

Book Overview

This volume is the first clear and comprehensive critical analysis of Jacques Lacan's thought for the English-speaking world. With Jacques Lacan and the philosophy of Psychoanalysis Ellie Ragland-Sullivan not only fills that gap but also provides the foundation upon which all future studies of Lacan must build. Working principally from the legendary but seldom-analyzed Seminars, Ragland-Sullivan clarifies and synthesizes Lacan's major concepts. Using empirical data as well as Lacan's texts, she demonstrates how Lacan's teachings constitute a new epistemology that goes far beyond conventional thinking in psychoanalysis, psychology, philosophy, and linguistics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252014650
• ISBN13: 9780252014659
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"