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Lacan To The Letter: Reading Ecrits Closely
Bruce Fink
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Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282.
An analysis of Lacan’s thought by way of a close, authoritative reading of his Écrits
To read Lacan closely is to follow him to the letter, to take him literally, making the wager that he comes right out and says what he means in many cases, though much of his argument must be reconstructed through a line-by-line examination. And this is precisely what Bruce Fink does in this ambitious book, a fine analysis of Lacan’s work on language and psychoanalytic treatment conducted on the basis of a very close reading of texts in his Écrits: A Selection.
As a translator and ... Read more From a parsing of Lacan’s claim that “commenting on a text is like doing an analysis,” to sustained readings of “The Instance of the Letter in the Unconscious,” “The Direction of the Treatment,” and “Subversion of the Subject” (with particular attention given to the Graph of Desire), Fink’s book is a work of unmatched subtlety, depth, and detail, providing a valuable new perspective on one of the twentieth century’s most important thinkers. Show LessProduct Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816643219
SKU
V9780816643219
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About Bruce Fink
Bruce Fink is a practicing Lacanian psychoanalyst, analytic supervisor, and professor of psychology at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He is the author of A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis (1997) and The Lacanian Subject (1995). He has coedited three volumes on Lacan’s seminars and is the translator of Lacan’s Seminar XX, On Feminine Sexuality, the Limits of Love and Knowledge ... Read more
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