A readable and advanced introductory-level text focusing on the ethical dimensions and impact of Lacan’s thinking. This book argues that a rethinking of the subject necessitates a rethinking of our relation to law, tradition and morality, as well as our understanding of guilt, responsibility and desire.
Table of Content
Acknowledgements Introduction – A Brief History of Ethics PART I: THE SUBJECT Lacan’s Return to Descartes The Graph of Desire objet petit a and Fantasy PART II: ETHICS Guilt The Law Judgement PART III: THE OTHER Misrecognising the Other Loving Thy Neighbour Beyond Difference PART IV: THE SOCIAL Ethics and the Other The Impossibility of Ethical Examples Eating the Book References IndexAbout the author
Calum Neill is a lecturer in Critical Psychology and Discourse Analysis at Edinburgh Napier University.
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9780230305038 ● File size 1.4 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4968985 ● Copy protection Social DRM