Return to Freud
Jacques Lacan's Dislocation of Psychoanalysis

In this major work, leading theorist Samuel Weber provides a much-needed introduction to the thought of Jacques Lacan. Professor Weber approaches his subject from a dual perspective: he reads Lacan in the light of Freud (whose work Lacan is concerned to interpret), and from the perspective of structuralism, above all Saussure, from whom Lacan borrows and develops a distinctive conception of language as 'signifier'. Lacan is shown to contribute crucially to the rethinking of subjectivity that marks much of contemporary literary theory, and his 'return to Freud' - the complex relationship between his work and its Freudian antecedents - is explored extensively. The result, made available here for the first time in English (in a form thoroughly revised, updated, and augmented by the author) is a constantly illuminating work of intellectual enquiry, with important implications for our age.

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'One of the best introductions to the work of Jacques Lacan. A book that is indispensable to an understanding of the structuralist and/or post-structuralist manner of thinking and writing.' Jean-Francois Lyotard

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Product details

• Date Published: November 1991
• format: Paperback
• isbn: 9780521377706
• length: 208 pages

• dimensions: 216 x 140 x 12 mm
• weight: 0.28kg
• availability: Unavailable - out of print