The myth of the other
Subtitle: Lacan, Deleuze, Foucault, Bataille
By: Franco Rella ; English translation, Nelson Moe.
Series: PostModernPositions
Publisher: Maisonneuve Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Lacan, Jacques, 1901-; Deleuze, Gilles.; Foucault, Michel.; Bataille, Georges, 1897-1962.; Philosophy, French -- 20th century.; Postmodernism -- History.
Description: Rella came of age as a philosopher in Italy during the period of the "crisis of reason" or more generally the exhaustion of classical rationality in its authority to structure experience. For Rella, unlike many others, the tensions of the crisis are productive. In The Myth of the Other, he presents a unique perspective on four seminal French thinkers: Lacan, Foucault, Deleuze, and Bataille. Moe's masterful translation brings this remarkable Italian thinker to American readers for the first time. This slim book mayvery well change the way American scholars think about the crisis of the other and the self coming our of French poststructuralism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-121) and index.