Ricoeur and Lacan

by Karl Simms

This is the first comparative study of the work of the philosopher Paul Ricoeur and the psychoanalayst Jacques Lacan. The book explores the conflict between the two thinkers that arose from their differing views of ethics: Ricoeur's universalist stance drew on a phenomenological reading of Kant, whereas Lacan's was a relativist position, derived from a psychoanalytic reading of Freud and de Sade. Ricoeur and Lacan gives a full critical overview...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826477968
• ISBN13: 9780826477965
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"