Lacan and Chan Buddhist Thought: Reflections on Buddhism in Lacan's Seminar X and Beyond

by Yang Yu and Raul Moncayo

Book Overview

Lacan and Chan Buddhist Thought provides a close reading of how Lacan mobilizes concepts from Chan Buddhist philosophy, culture, and practice in his later teachings.

The book emerged from the three co-authors' engagement with Lacan's 1962-1963 Seminar on Anxiety, and the significance of Lacan's original interpretation of the Buddhist principle that desire is the cause of suffering. The book reads key Lacanian concepts - such as the objet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032056975
• ISBN13: 9781032056975
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"