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The Philosopher's Desire : Psychoanalysis, Interpretation, and Truth by William Egginton is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book is about interpretation as it pertains to literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis. It argues against certain trends of thought that claim we should do without interpretation by demonstrating that interpretation, as described by psychoanalysis, is already a fundamental aspect of all human experience. Egginton examines the idea of interpretation developed by Freud; how that notion was in turn changed by Lacan; the debate around psychoanalytic interpretation staged by philosophers like Deleuze and Derrida; and finally how a psychoanalytic notion of interpretation is necessary for even the most basic experience of consciousness.

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Author

William Egginton

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780804768276

Category

nonfiction