The Cambridge Companion to Lacan [Paperback]

This collection of specially commissioned essays, first published in 2003, explores key dimensions of Lacan's life and works.This collection of specially commissioned essays explores key dimensions of Jacques Lacan's life and works. Lacan is renowned as a theoretician of psychoanalysis whose work still is influential in many countries. He refashioned psychoanalysis in the name of philosophy and linguistics at the time when it underwent a certain intellectual decline. This Companion focus on key-terms in Lacan's often difficult and idiosyncratic developments of psychoanalysis. This volume will bring fresh, accessible perspectives to the work of an intimidating and influential thinker.This collection of specially commissioned essays explores key dimensions of Jacques Lacan's life and works. Lacan is renowned as a theoretician of psychoanalysis whose work still is influential in many countries. He refashioned psychoanalysis in the name of philosophy and linguistics at the time when it underwent a certain intellectual decline. This Companion focus on key-terms in Lacan's often difficult and idiosyncratic developments of psychoanalysis. This volume will bring fresh, accessible perspectives to the work of an intimidating and influential thinker.Jacques Lacan is renowned as a theoretician of psychoanalysis whose work is still influential in many countries. He refashioned psychoanalysis in the name of philosophy and linguistics at a time when it faced certain intellectual decline. Focusing on key terms in Lacan's often difficult, idiosyncratic development of psychoanalysis, this volume brings new perspectives to the work of an intimidating influential thinker.Chronology; 1. Lacan's turns to Freud Jean-Michel Rabat?; 2. The mirror-stage: an obliterated archive Elisabeth Roudinesco; 3. Lacan's myths Darian Leader; 4. Lacan's science of the subject: between linguistics and topology Danny Nobus; 5. From the letter to the matheme: Lacan's scientific models Bernard Burgoyne; 6. Tlc›