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Slavoj Zizek'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.Product Identifiers
PublisherGranta Books
ISBN-139781862078949
eBay Product ID (ePID)87263840
Product Key Features
Number of Pages128 Pages
Publication NameHow to Read Lacan
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPsychology
Publication Year2006
TypeTextbook
AuthorSlavoj Zizek
SeriesHow to Read
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight114 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorSlavoj Zizek