The language of the self : the function of language in psychoanalysis / Jacques Lacan ; translated with notes and commentary by Anthony Wilden.
Lacan's commentaries on Freud had revolutionary implications for philosophy and literary criticism. He held that if the unconscious exists, it functions linguistically rather than symbolically. Includes a study that explains his work and relates it to the context of contemporary thought.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
1981.
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| Edition: | Johns Hopkins paperbacks edition. |
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| Summary: | Lacan's commentaries on Freud had revolutionary implications for philosophy and literary criticism. He held that if the unconscious exists, it functions linguistically rather than symbolically. Includes a study that explains his work and relates it to the context of contemporary thought. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published as Fonction et champ de la parole et du langage en psychanalyse in La psychanalyse, vol. I (Paris, 1956) and in the author's Écrits, 1966. |
| Physical Description: | xxix, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-322) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0801858178 9780801858178 |