This book describes how Freud attempted to chart hysteria, yet came to a standstill at the problem of woman and her desire, and of how Lacan continued along this road by creating new conceptual tools. The difficulties and upsets encountered by both men are examined.
This lucid presentation of the dialectical process that carries Lacan through the evolution of Freud’s thought offers profound insights into the place of the “feminine mystique” in our social fabric. Patiently and carefully, Verhaeghe applies the Lacanian grid to Freud’s text and succeeds in explaining Lacan’s formulations without merely recapitulating his theories. The reader is informed, along the way, not only of Lacan’s take on Freudian ideas, but also of the array of interpretations emerging from other trends in post-Freudian literature, including feminist revisionism.
- ISBN10 1892746158
- ISBN13 9781892746153
- Publish Date 15 May 1999
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Other Press LLC
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 300
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781892746153