Lacan and the Limits of Language

by Charles Shepherdson

Book Overview

This book weaves together three themes at the intersection of Jacques Lacan and the philosophical tradition. The first is the question of time and memory. How do these problems call for a revision of Lacan's purported "ahistoricism," and how does the temporality of the subject in Lacan intersect with the questions of temporality initiated by Heidegger and then developed by contemporary French philosophy? The second question concerns the status...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823227677
• ISBN13: 9780823227679
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.8"