Book: Lacan In this concise study, Alain Vanier offers a clear and informed reassessment of Lacans multitude of writings and ideas and how they revolutionized psychoanalysis. Specialists and newcomers alike will appreciate this examination of Lacan, a complex and influential figure who was by turns a master, a charlatan, and a surrealist artist.Unbecoming characterizations are legion in the attempts to define Lacan. . . . With this synthesizing work one will better understand the essential contribution of his work. Cultures en MouvementVaniers presentation clearly and succinctly reveals Lacans final effort to mold his theory in a formal language. . . . The very quickness of the presentation, while avoiding reductionism, renders vivid and exciting the landmarks of Lacans thought.Etudes
Details of Book: Lacan Book: Lacan
Author: Alain Vanier, Susan Fairfield
ISBN: 1892746506
ISBN-13: 9781892746504
, 978-1892746504
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: May 2000
Publisher: Other Press
Number of Pages: 128
Language: English