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Rhetoric and Culture in Lacan
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Rhetoric and Culture in Lacan
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Gilbert D. Chaitin
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Series | Literature, Culture, Theory |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:292 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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Category/Genre | Literary theory |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521497282
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Classifications | Dewey:801 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
15 August 1996 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This is the first book to explore the full range and import of Lacan's theory of poetry and its relationship to his understanding of the subject and historicity. Gilbert Chaitin's lucid and accessible study of this famously complex thinker shows how Lacan moves beyond the traditionally hostile polarities of mythos and logos, poetics and philosophy, to conceive of the subject as a complex interplay between psychoanalysis, rationality and history. Lacan's incorporation of historical necessity into the formation of subjectivity enables him to illuminate the role literature plays in the creation of selfhood. Lacan's metaphor of the subject, Chaitin argues, draws not only on Saussure, Jakobson, Freud, Heidegger and Hegel but on hitherto unacknowledged sources such as Bertrand Russell and I.A. Richards. Chaitin explores the ambiguities, contradictions and singularities of Lacan's immensely influential work to provide a definitive account of the theoretical development across his entire career.
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