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Introducing Lacan, 3rd Edition (original 1996; edition 2006)

by Darian Leader

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This title is now available in a new format. Refer to Lacan: A Graphic Guide 9781848311831.
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Title:Introducing Lacan, 3rd Edition
Authors:Darian Leader
Info:Totem Books (2006), Edition: 3, Paperback, 176 pages
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A quick read that leaves Lacan still a mystery to me. ( )
  yates9 | Feb 28, 2024 |
This is an engaging text that helped me understand Lacanian theory, or at least gave me more words for it, but more importantly gives helpful context for Lacan's work. I didn't laugh but I could have, once, but I decided not to.
  b.masonjudy | Apr 3, 2020 |
Me parece que a teoria lacaniana é demasiado complexa para tudo que este livro quer abarcar, pois ele vai além do mero introducing e aborda temas que só quem se aprofundou na teoria tem acesso total de entendimento. ( )
  Adriana_Scarpin | Jun 12, 2018 |
This series of books is heavy on illustrations, and does a good job of explaining complicated ideas while being fun, concise, and accurate. This one on Lacan provides a nice introduction to his some of his psychological theories, but due to the complexity of his ideas it is not quite as easy to follow as some other books in the series, so some sections benefit from re-reading.
One of Lacan's most influential theories is the "Mirror Stage" of child development, which answers a question posed by Freud. In addition to this, a lot of his other work expands upon Freud, so some familiarity with his writings is recommended before attempting Lacan. Apart from Freudian stuff, Lacan also had some interesting ideas on Language, and the use of symbolic logic in describing psychological and sociological theories, so there's really a lot of ideas packed into this short book. Lacan isn't the easiest thinker to get to grips with, but this intoduction does a good job of explaining his theories so that they can be understood by the general reader. Definitely recommended if you want to start learning about Lacan, but for those who haven't read much psychology then Freud would be a better starting place. ( )
  P_S_Patrick | Mar 23, 2017 |
This book literally got me through grad school. After days and days of reading sentences of Lacan over and over in the hopes of understanding something, anything- even if it was wrong- this book came and created light out of darkness! Highly recommended to anyone studying Lacan! ( )
  RubyA | Mar 30, 2013 |
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