Zizek, Slavoj
How to Read Lacan (How to Read)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781862078949
- author:
- Zizek, Slavoj
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Granta
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2006
- Pages:
- 128
- Dimensions:
- 129 mm X 198 mm
- Genre:
- Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Slavoj Žižek's passionate defence of Lacan reasserts the ethical urgency of psychoanalysis. Traditionally, psychoanalysis was expected to allow the patient to overcome the obstacles which prevented access to 'normal' sexual enjoyment. However, in today's world, we are bombarded by different versions of the injunction 'Enjoy!' Lacan reminds us that psychoanalysis is the only discourse in which you are allowed not to enjoy. For Žižek, psychoanalysis is a procedure of reading, where each chapter uses a passage from Lacan as a tool to interpret another text from philosophy, art, or popular ideology. He applies Lacan's ideas to various thinkers and artists, including Hegel, Hitchcock, Shakespeare, and Dostoevsky. By doing so, Žižek seeks to revive the ethical urgency of psychoanalysis in the face of frequent attacks on its theoretical 'mistakes' and clinical 'frauds'. This book offers a unique perspective on psychoanalysis, one that is both provocative and thought-provoking. If you're interested in exploring the ideas of Lacan and their relevance to contemporary thought, this book may be of interest to you.
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