Jacques Lacan

A Critical Introduction

By:

Martin Murray

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Modern European Thinkers

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*Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Prize, 2016* The wide-ranging and brilliant ideas of the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (1901-1981) have had a major influence on modern thought. His 'followers' are loyal and legion. Yet his ideas are complex and densely conveyed. Lacan's detractors have accused him of obscurantism, pretentiousness and even incoherence, his psychoanalytic practice and his personal life were complicated - he was famous and contentious in equal measure. Martin Murray provides a lucid account of Lacan's key concepts, including the mirror stage, and his relationship to Freud's ideas, amongst many others. Tracing their origins in his diverse interests: art, psychiatry, philosophy, anthropology, linguistics and psychoanalysis. Murray also investigates Lacan's professional life, personal life and institutional influence in an attempt to understand the charismatic and controversial person he became.

Author Biography:

Martin Murray is the Head of Creative Industries in the School of Computing and Digital Media. at London Metropolitan University. He is the author of Jacques Lacan: A Critical Introduction (Pluto, 2015).

Release date NZ

December 20th, 2015

Author

Martin Murray

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Illustrations

8 b&w figures

Imprint

Pluto Press

Pages

224

Publisher

Pluto Press

Series

Modern European Thinkers

Dimensions

135x215x18

ISBN-13

9780745315904

Product ID

20780231

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