The Theory of Absence: Subjectivity, Signification, and Desire

by Patrick Fuery

Fuery explores the relationship between post-structuralism and absence. In order to understand the psychoanalytic theory of Lacan (and Freud), the deconstructionalist methodology of Derrida, Foucault's studies of systems of thought, and Kristeva's socio-cultural and psychoanalytic interests, Fuery believes it is necessary to take into consideration the function and operation of absence. He shows how post-structuralist theory can be seen as a system...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313295883
• ISBN13: 9780313295881
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.5"