Richard Boothby

Death and Desire (RLE

Lacan): Psychoanalytic Theory in Lacan's Return to Freud

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1991, Death and Desire presents in Lacanian terms a new integration of psychoanalytic theory in which the battery of key Freudian concepts - from the dynamics of the Oedipus complex to the topography of ego, id, and superego - are seen to intersect in Freud's most far-reaching and speculative formulation of a drive toward death. Boothby argues that Lacan repositioned the theme of death in psychoanalysis in relation to Freud's main concern - the nature and fate of desire. In doing so, Lacan rediscovered Freud's essential insights in a manner so nuanced and penetrating that prevailing assessments of the death instinct may well have to be re-examined.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138967236
• ISBN-10: 1138967238
• Artikelnr.: 44395862

Autorenporträt

Richard Boothby

Inhaltsangabe

Bibliographic abbreviations. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1 The Enigma of the
'Death Drive' 2 Lacanian Reflections on Narcissism 3 The Energetics of the
Imaginary 4 Rereading Beyond the Pleasure Principle 5 The Unconscious
Structured Like a Language 6 The Formations of the Unconscious 7
Metapsychology in the Perspective of Metaphysics 8 Conclusion. Notes.
Bibliography. Index.