Lacan in the German-Speaking World
Contributors: Elizabeth Stewart (Editor, Translator); Maire Jaanus (Editor); Richard Feldstein (Editor)
Series: Suny Series in Psychoanalysis and Culture
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2004-05
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780791460887
Subjects: Cultural studies; Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory; Movements - Psychoanalysis; 1901-1981; German; Psychology; Psychoanalysis; 1901-; Europe, German-speaking; Lacan, Jacques,
Description: "Though focused on Lacan and Freud, the collection is partly about Germany itself, addressing questions of trauma, historical memory, politics, fascism, and democracy. The essays range from investigations of particular art forms such as music and tragedy to clinical studies of melancholia, depression, anxiety, and other somatic phenomena that have a symbolic or psychic dimension. As a whole, the book explores the breakdown of meaning and the failure of social and political structures, which Lacan addresses through the category of the Real, and it offers English-speaking readers a variety of new perspectives on Lacan and psychoanalysis."--BOOK JACKET.