Read My Desire: Lacan Against the Historicists (Radical

Read My Desire: Lacan Against the Historicists (Radical Thinkers)

In Read My Desire, Joan Copjec stages a confrontation between the theories of Jacques Lacan and those of Michel Foucault, protagonists of two powerful modern disciplinesâ‚¬"psychoanalysis and historicism. Ordinarily, these modes of thinking only cross paths long enough for historicists to charge psychoanalysis with an indifference to history, but here psychoanalysis, via Lacan, goes on the offensive. Refusing to cede history to the historicists, Copjec makes a case for the superiority of Lacanâ‚¬s explanation of historical processes and generative principles. Her goal is to inspire a new kind of cultural critique, one that is â‚¬Å“literate in desire,â‚¬Â and capable of interpreting what is unsaid in the manifold operations of culture.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781781688885
Color Gold
ReleaseDate 2015-06-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781781688885

Read My Desire: Lacan Against the Historicists (Radical Thinkers)