Subjectivity and Otherness: A Philosophical Reading of Lacan

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Lorenzo Chiesa (Director, Genoa School of Humanities) Stockholm Inst Of Transition (Economics & Eastern European)

Subjectivity and Otherness

A Philosophical Reading of Lacan

Lorenzo Chiesa (Director, Genoa School of Humanities), Stockholm Inst Of Transition (Economics & Eastern European)

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English

Massachusetts Inst of Tec
28 September 2007

Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -

Series: Short Circuits

The evolution of the concept of subjectivity in the works of Jacques Lacan.

Countering the call by some ""pro-Lacanians"" for an end to the exegesis of Lacan's work-and the dismissal by ""anti-Lacanians"" of Lacan as impossibly impenetrable-Subjectivity and Otherness argues for Lacan as a ""paradoxically systematic"" thinker, and for the necessity of a close analysis of his texts. Lorenzo Chiesa examines, from a philosophical perspective, the evolution of the concept of subjectivity in Lacan's work, carrying out a detailed reading of the Lacanian subject in its necessary relation to otherness according to Lacan's orders of the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real. Chiesa emphasizes the continuity underlying apparently incompatible phases of Lacan's examination of the subject, describing Lacan's theory as a consistent philosophical system-but one that is constantly revised and therefore problematic. Chiesa analyzes each ""old"" theory of the subject within the framework of a ""new"" elaboration and reassesses its fundamental tenets from the perspective of a general psychoanalytic discourse that becomes increasingly complex. From the 1960s on, writes Chiesa, the Lacanian subject amounts to an irreducible lack that must be actively confronted and assumed; this ""subjectivized lack,"" Chiesa argues further, offers an escape from the contemporary impasse between the ""death of the subject"" alleged by postmodernism and a return to a traditional ""substantialist"" notion of the subject. An original treatment of psychoanalytic issues, Subjectivity and Otherness fills a significant gap in the existing literature on Lacan, taking seriously the need for a philosophical investigation of Lacanian concepts.

By: Lorenzo Chiesa (Director Genoa School of Humanities)
Edited by: Stockholm Inst Of Transition (Economics & Eastern European)
Imprint: Massachusetts Inst of Tec
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780262532945
ISBN 10: 0262532948
Series: Short Circuits
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 28 September 2007
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lorenzo Chiesa is a Lecturer at the School of European Culture and Languages, University of Kent, United Kingdom. He has published numerous journal articles and book chapters on Lacanian theory and contemporary French philosophy, and serves as Production Editor for the Journal for Lacanian Studies.

Reviews for Subjectivity and Otherness: A Philosophical Reading of Lacan

This is a rich and complex book that any philosopher of mind who is interested in consciousness will find indispensable. Zahavi is a master of incorporating into his arguments insights from both analytic philosophy and phenomenology, and so the book will appeal to philosophers from both traditions. Greg Janzen Psyche