Lacan and the New Wave

by Susan Fairfield and Judith Feher-Gurewich

Book Overview

What makes it so difficult for Lacanian and American psychoanalysts to understand each other? This question runs through Lacan and the New Wave in American Psychoanalysis, a book that explores the divergent dialogues with Freudian theory that are taking place on both sides of the Atlantic. In a lively exchange, some of the most prominent psychoanalysts in France and America today come together to offer contrasting views on borderline conditions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1892746034
• ISBN13: 9781892746030
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Other Press (NY)
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"