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The Language of the Self: The Function of Language in Psychoanalysis
The Language of the Self The Function of Language in Psychoanalysis
Author: Jacques Lacan
Jacques Lacan's commentaries on Freud had revolutionary implications not only for the analytic movement but also for contemporary philosophy and literary criticism. Lacan held that if the unconscious, as Freud described it, exists, it functions linguistically, rather than symbolically or instinctually. He refers to the unconscious as a language:...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801858178
ISBN-10: 0801858178
Publication Date: 12/17/1997
Pages: 368
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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