Lacan and the Subject of Language (RLE Lacan) [Paperback]

Originally published in 1991, this volume tackles the diverse teachings of the great psychoanalyst and theoretician. Written by some of the leading American and European Lacanian scholars and practitioners, the essays attempt to come to terms with his complex relation to the culture of contemporary psychoanalysis.

The volume presents useful insights into Lacans innovative theories on the nature of language and the subject. Many of the essays probe the importance of psychoanalysis for problems of signifier and referent in the philosophy of language; others explore the difficulties men and women have in negotiating the sexual differences that divide them.

A major contribution to the new reception of Jacques Lacan in the English-speaking world, Lacan and the Subject of Languagewill challenge those who believe that they have already mastered Lacanian thought. The insights offered here will pave the way for further developments.

Acknowledgments.  Ellie Ragland-SullivanIntroduction  Part 1:Lacan and the Subject of Language  1 Jacques-Alain MillerLanguage: Much Ado About What?  2 Henry W. SullivanHomo sapiensor Homo desiderans: The Role of Desire in Human Evolution  3 Ellie Ragland-Sullivan The Sexual Masquerade: A Lacanian Theory of Sexual Difference  Part 2: Lacan and the Subject of Psychoanalysis  4 Jacques-Alain Miller The Analytic Experience: Means, Ends, and Results  5 Russell GriggSignifier, Object, and the Transference  6 Willy ApollonTheory and Practice in the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Psychosis  Part 3:Lacan and the Subject of Literature  7 Judith MillerStyle is the Man Himself &nbsl“$