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Clinical and philosophical perspectives on key issues and debates in Lacanian psychoanalysis. From the Back Cover Lacan, Language, and Philosophy explores the linguistic turn in psychoanalysis taken by Jacques Lacan. Russell Grigg provides lively and accessible readings of Lacan and Freud that are grounded in clinical experience and informed by a background in analytic philosophy. He addresses key issues in Lacanian psychoanalysis, from the clinical (how psychosis results from the foreclosure of the signifier the Name-of-the Father; the father as a symbolic function; the place of transference) to the philosophical (the logic of the "pas-tout"; the link between the superego and Kant's categorical imperative; a critique of Zizek's account of radical change). Grigg's expertise and knowledge of psychoanalysis produce a major contribution to contemporary philosophical and psychoanalytic debates. "This is an excellent, well-written, and important book by a major scholar. Grigg is unique, indeed famous, in the field for his combination of clarity, philosophical acumen, and scholarliness. His readings show the benefits of a combination of clinical experience, a scholarly eye, and a phil

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Author

Russell Grigg

Publisher

State University of New York Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780791473467

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Psychology, Fiction

Rating

4.7 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14