Subjectivity and Otherness: A Philosophical Reading of Lacan

by Lorenzo Chiesa

Book Overview

The evolution of the concept of subjectivity in the works of Jacques Lacan.

Countering the call by some "pro-Lacanians" for an end to the exegesis of Lacan's work--and the dismissal by "anti-Lacanians" of Lacan as impossibly impenetrable--Subjectivity and Otherness argues for Lacan as a "paradoxically systematic" thinker, and for the necessity of a close analysis of his texts. Lorenzo Chiesa examines, from a philosophical perspective,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262532948
• ISBN13: 9780262532945
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher