The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan

The difficulty of Jacques Lacan's thought is notorious. The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan cuts through this...
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Author: Todd McGowan
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The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan by McGowan, Todd

The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan

$29.99

The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan

$29.99
Author: Todd McGowan
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The difficulty of Jacques Lacan's thought is notorious. The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan cuts through this difficulty to provide a clear, jargon-free approach to understanding it. The book describes Lacan's life, the context from which he emerged, and the reception of his theory. Readers will come away with an understanding of concepts such as jouissance, the objet a, and the big Other. The book frames Lacan's thought in the history of philosophy and explains it through jokes, films, and popular culture. In this light, Lacan becomes a thinker of philosophical importance in his own right, on a par with Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. Lacan's great contribution is the introduction of the unconscious into subjectivity, which results in a challenge to both the psychoanalytic establishment and to philosophers. The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan provides readers with a way of understanding the nature of Lacan's contribution.

Author: Todd McGowan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/31/2025
Pages: 194
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9781009300759

About the Author
McGowan, Todd: - Todd McGowan teaches theory and film at the University of Vermont. He is the author of Embracing Alienation (2024), The Racist Fantasy (2022), Emancipation After Hegel (2019), Capitalism and Desire (2019), Only a Joke Can Save Us (2017), and other works. He is also the cohost of the Why Theory podcast with Ryan Engley.

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