Lacan: A Genealogy

by Miguel de Beistegui

Book Overview

Lacan: A Genealogy provides a genealogical account of Lacan's work as a whole, from his early writings on paranoid psychosis to his later work on the real and surplus enjoyment.

Beistegui argues that Lacan's work requires an in-depth genealogy to chart and interpret the his key concept of desire. The genealogy is both a historical and critical approach, inspired by Foucault, which consists in asking how - that is, by what theoretical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350190810
• ISBN13: 9781350190818
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"