Irrepressible Truth On Lacan’s ‘The Freudian Thing’ /

• Main Author: Johnston, Adrian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: The Palgrave Lacan Series
• Subjects: Psychology.; Philosophy, Ancient.; Philosophy of mind.; Psychoanalysis.; Psychology > Methodology.; Psychological measurement.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.; Self and Identity.; Psychosocial Studies.; Classical Philosophy.; Philosophy of Mind.

This book offers readers a uniquely detailed engagement with the ideas of legendary French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan. The Freudian Thing is one of Lacan’s most important texts, wherein he explains the significance and stakes of his “return to Freud” as a passionate defence of Freud’s disturbing, e...