Direction of Desire

John of the Cross, Jacques Lacan and the Contemporary Understanding of Spiritual Direction

AvMark Gerard Murphy

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Finally, he argues that a new dialogue between John of the Cross (a mystic whose writings on spiritual direction formulate part of the core of the Catholic spiritual tradition) and Jacques Lacan can open the way for a spiritual direction beyond the confines of experientialism.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-27
Mått:148 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt:436 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Lacan Series
Antal sidor:315
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031331091

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Mark Gerard Murphy is an editor for the political journal and blog Taiwan Insight and a Lecturer at St Mary’s University, Scotland, Gillis Centre, where he convenes courses on ethics, philosophy, and mystical theology and spirituality. His research interests include the relationship between psychoanalysis and mystical theology. He has published in the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory and the European Journal of Psychoanalysis.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- Part I The Loss Of Mystical Desire In Christian Spiritual Direction.- 2. The Shift In Spiritual Direction.- 3. Desire In Pre-Modern Spiritual Direction.- Part II Recovering Mystical Desire In Spiritual Direction: A Juanist-Lacanian Approach.- 4. Lacan’s Conception Of Psychoanalysis.- 5. Lacan And Spiritual Direction.- 6. The Mystical Speech Of Lacan.- 7. Listening And Speaking In Juanist-Lacanian Spiritual Direction.- 8. Conclusion.