Signifiers and Acts

Freedom in Lacan's Theory of the Subject

AvEd Pluth

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

Del i serien SUNY series, Insinuations: Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Literature

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Situates Lacan's theory of the subject within contemporary philosophical debates over freedom and agency.In Signifiers and Acts, Ed Pluth examines Lacan's views on language and sexuality to argue that Lacan's theory of the subject is best read as a theory of freedom and agency-a theory that is especially compelling precisely because of its structuralist and seemingly antihumanist framework. Presenting new aspects of Lacan's work and commenting extensively on the important yet unpublished seminars that still make up the majority of his contribution to contemporary thought, the book aims to make a Lacanian intervention into contemporary theory. In addition to Saussure, Sartre, Derrida, Lacoue-Labarthe, and Nancy, Pluth discusses works in political theory and identity theory by Alain Badiou, Judith Butler, and Slavoj Zðizûek.

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Utgivningsdatum:2008-06-05
Mått:152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:290 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series, Insinuations: Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Literature
Antal sidor:206
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791472446

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Ed Pluth is Associate Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Chico.

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"Pluth reviews Lacan's definitions of the trace, the sign, and the signifier, and provides formulations of metaphor and metonymy that nicely underscore the gap between signifier and signified." — Philosophy in Review"This highly original volume will leave an indelible mark on the rapidly developing field of Lacanian studies. Pluth has an excellent knowledge of both published and unpublished Lacanian sources, and he manages to integrate Lacanian theory and current philosophical thinking without sacrificing discursive clarity and scholarly rigor. Apart from demonstrating the ongoing relevance of Lacan's work for a wide variety of topical debates, Pluth also succeeds in showing how influential philosophical paradigms such as those formulated by Deleuze, Badiou, Nancy, and Zðizûek cannot be understood without reference to Lacan." — Dany Nobus, author of Jacques Lacan and the Freudian Practice of Psychoanalysis

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. Lacan’s Subversion of the Subject2. The First Thesis3. Identity, or the Subject-as-Meaning4. The Second Thesis5. The Fundamental Fantasy6. How Acts Use Signifiers7. Badiou and Zizek on Acts and Subjects8. An Act beyond Recognition ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex