How to Read Lacan - Couverture souple

Zizek, Slavoj

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1862078947 ISBN 13 : 9781862078949

Editeur : Granta Books, 2006

Synopsis

"The only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one's desire." - Jacques Lacan. Is psychoanalysis dead or are we to read frequent attacks on its theoretical 'mistakes' and clinical 'frauds' as a proof of its vitality? Slavoj i ek's passionate defence of Lacan reasserts the ethical urgency of psychoanalysis. Traditionally, psychoanalysis was expected to allow the patient to overcome the obstacles which prevented access to 'normal' sexual enjoyment; today, however, we are bombarded from all sides by different versions of the injunction 'Enjoy!' Lacan reminds us that psychoanalysis is the only discourse in which you are allowed not to enjoy. Since for Lacan psychoanalysis itself is a procedure of reading, each chapter uses a passage from Lacan as a tool to interpret another text from philosophy, art or popular ideology. Lacan is read with Hegel and Hitchcock, with Shakespeare and Dostoevsky.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Slavoj Zizek was named in Prospect as one of the top 100 public intellectuals of our day

i ek's readership will increase the market for How to Read Lacan

Adding to 10 other titles currently available in the How to Read series --Prospect

'Zizek's books [are so] erudite and witty, [that] they're quite moreish. the range and scope of his analogies are tremendous' --Artist Mark Wallinger, On My Radar, Observer

Biographie de l'auteur :

Slavoj Zizek, philosopher and psychoanalyst, heads the International Center of Humanities at Birkbeck College. His numerous books, translated into more than 30 languages, include The Parallax View and Lacan: the Silent Partners

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Granta Books
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1862078947
• ISBN 13: 9781862078949
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128