Lacan

by Malcolm Bowie

Book Overview

The French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (1901-1981) is a uniquely complex writer and the originator of an especially unsettling view of the human subject. But the singularity of Lacan's achievement has been understated by many of his critics. Often he is seen merely as a figure famous for being famous--an essential reference point in structuralist and poststructuralist debate--rather than as a theorist whose writings demand and reward detailed scrutiny...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067450853X
• ISBN13: 9780674508538
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Deciphering Lacan

Bowie's summaries of Lacanian psychoanalysis are both clear and complete. The organization of the book by broad topics (such as "Symbollic, Imaginary,Real...and True"), rather than by individual works, allows a Lacanian novice an overview of things to come, as well as an invaluable conceptual scaffolding that makes reading works such as "Ecrits" tolerable and comprehensible.