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Published: 5th August 1999
ISBN: 9780415171878
Number Of Pages: 208
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Yannis Stavrakakis moves beyond the standard discussion of the Lacanian concept of the subject in a socio-political context, toward an analysis of the objective side of human experience. In the first part of "Lacan and the Political, " the author highlights Lacan's innovative understanding of the sociopolitical field and offers a straightforward and systematic assessment of the importance of Lanca's categories and theoretical construction for concrete political analysis. The second half of he book applies Lacanian theory to specific examples of widely discussed political issues, such as Green ideology, the question of democracy and the hegemony of advertising in contemporary culture. "Lacan and the Political" demonstrates the immense potential of Lacanian thought to invigorate our consideration of the political and will be of interest to all who seek to further their understanding of modern ideological discourse in politics.
| Bibliographical note | p. vii |
| Acknowledgements | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Lacanian subject: the impossibility of identity and the centrality of identification | p. 13 |
| The Lacanian object: dialectics of social impossibility | p. 40 |
| Encircling the political: towards a Lacanian political theory | p. 71 |
| Beyond the fantasy of utopia: the aporia of politics and the challenge of democracy | p. 99 |
| Ambiguous democracy and the ethics of psychoanalysis | p. 122 |
| Notes | p. 141 |
| Bibliography | p. 164 |
| Index | p. 176 |
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ISBN: 9780415171878
ISBN-10: 0415171873
Series: Thinking the Political
Audience:
Tertiary; University or College
For Ages: 18 years old
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 208
Published: 5th August 1999
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.24
x 1.91
Weight (kg): 0.36
Edition Number: 1
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