Jacques Lacan Between Psychoanalysis and Politics [Hardcover]

A charismatic and controversial figure, Lacan is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century and his work has revolutionized a range of fields. The volume aims to introduce Lacans vast opus to the field of international politics in a coherent and approachable manner.

The volume is split into three distinct sections:

• Psychoanalysis and Politics: this section will frame the discussion by providing general background of Lacans engagement with politics and the political
• Lacan and the Political: each chapter will focus on different key ideas and concepts in Lacans thought including ethics, justice, discourse, object a, symptom, jouissance
• Political Encounters:seeks to represent different ways of engaging with Lacanian thought and ways of adopting it to explain and comment on global political phenomena

Bringing together internationally recognised scholars in the field, this volume will be an invaluable resource to students and scholars in areas including critical theory, international relations, political theory and political philosophy.

Introduction: Jacques Lacan: between politics and psychoanalysis I: Political significance of psychoanalysis1. Jean-Michel Rabat?, Lacans ann?es ?rotiques (1968/69) 2. Jelica `umi1, Politics and Psychoanalysis in Times of the Inexistent Other II: Lacanian psychoanalysis and the political Oedipus and the intricacy of language and sexuality3. Philippe Van Haute and Tomas Geyskens, Freuds Dream? Lacan and Oedipus 4. Mladen Dolar, Not Even: Politics of Oedipus 5. Juliet Flower-MacCannel, Lacans Imaginary 6.