Lacan and the Matter of Origins
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: December 24, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780804733823
Subjects: Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory; Movements - Psychoanalysis; Psychology; Psychology & Psychiatry / Psychoanalysis; Lacan, Jacques,; 1901-; 1901-1981; Psychoanalysis
First sentence: A visitor to La Prevote, the country home of Jacques Lacan, purchased after World War II and situated in Guitrancourt, near Mantes-la-Jolie, might be shown to a large room called the atelier ("studio").
Description: This work traces the development of Lacan's thinking on the role of the mother in psychical formation. It shows that the mother occupies a key position in the Lacanian project, widely held to emphasize the paternal dimension of human subjectivity.