Lacan the Charlatan

by Peter D. Mathews

Book Overview

This book sets out to determine the validity of an accusation made against Jacques Lacan by Noam Chomsky in an interview in 1989. He stated that Lacan was a "charlatan" - not that his ideas were flawed or wrong, but that his entire discourse was fraudulent, an accusation that has since been repeated by many other critics. Examining the arguments of key anti-Lacanian critics, Mathews weighs and contextualizes the legitimacy of Lacan's engagements with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030452069
• ISBN13: 9783030452063
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"