The Lacanian left : psychoanalysis, theory, politics / [electronic resource]
Stavrakakis, Yannis,author.
An exploration of a new concept  in critical political theory: the Lacanian Left. This is a field of theoretical and political interventions sharing a common interest in discussing the relevance of Lacanianism and psychoanalysis for contemporary theory.
COPYRIGHT; Contents; Bibliographical Note; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Locating the Lacanian Left; Part I Theory: Dialectics of Disavowal; 1 Antinomies of Creativity: Lacan and Castoriadis on Social Construction and the Political; 2 Laclau with Lacan on Jouissance: Negotiating the Affective Limits of Discourse; 3 Zizekian 'Perversions': The Lure of Antigone and the Fetishism of the Act; Excursus on Badiou; Part II Analysis: Dialectics of Enjoyment; 4 What Sticks? From Symbolic Power to Jouissance; 5 Enjoying the Nation: A Success Story?; 6 Lack of Passion: European Identity Revisited
7 The Consumerist 'Politics of Jouissance' and the Fantasy of Advertising8 Democracy in Post-Democratic Times; Bibliography; Index; 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-311) and index.
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An exploration of a new concept  in critical political theory: the Lacanian Left. This is a field of theoretical and political interventions sharing a common interest in discussing the relevance of Lacanianism and psychoanalysis for contemporary theory.
Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981.
Political psychology.
Right and left (Political science)
Political science
Psychoanalysis