num_pages: 208
description: This book offers the first comprehensive discussion of Lacans Kant with Sade  an essay widely recognised as one of his most important and difficult texts. Here the reader will find a detailed roadmap for each section of the essay including clarifications of the allusions implicit borrowings and references in Lacans text unique insights into the essays publication history and a critical assessment of its reception. The author expertly defines key terms explains complex theoretical arguments and contextualises the work within a larger philosophical discourse. No prior knowledge of Lacan Kant or Sade is assumed allowing both newcomers and those who are well-versed in psychoanalysis philosophy and literary criticism to benefit from the book. This engaging book clears the path for a long overdue re-discovery and a proper appreciation of one of Lacans most challenging works inspiring a renewed debate on the significance of Lacanian psychoanalysis for moral philosophy and literary theory. 
language: English
title: The Law of Desire: On Lacan’s 'Kant with Sade’
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan