The Autistic Subject: On the Threshold of Language

by Leon S. Brenner

Book Overview

This book presents a theory of autistic subjectivity from a Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective. Dr. Brenner describes autism as a singular mode of being that is fundamentally linked to one's identity and basic practices of existence, offering a rigorous alternative to treating autism as a mental or physical disorder. Drawing on Freud and Lacan's psychoanalytic understanding of the subject, Brenner outlines the unique features of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030507149
• ISBN13: 9783030507145
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"