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Lacan and the Limits of Language

This book weaves together three themes at the intersection of Jacques Lacan and the philosophical tradition. The first is the question of time and memory. How do these problems call for a revision of Lacan?s purported?ahistoricism,? and how does the temporality of the subject in Lacan intersect with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shepherdson, Charles
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bronx : Fordham University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book weaves together three themes at the intersection of Jacques Lacan and the philosophical tradition. The first is the question of time and memory. How do these problems call for a revision of Lacan?s purported?ahistoricism,? and how does the temporality of the subject in Lacan intersect with the questions of temporality initiated by Heidegger and then developed by contemporary French philosophy? The second question concerns the status of the body in Lacanian theory, especially in connection with emotion and affect, which Lacanian theory is commonly thought to ignore, but which the con.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9780823227686