Lacanian Theory of Discourse: Subject, Structure and Society

Lacanian Theory of Discourse: Subject, Structure and Society

by Mark Bracher (Author)

Synopsis

This collection introduces and develops Lacanian thought concerning the relations among language, subjectivity, and society. Lacanian Theory of Discourse provides an account of how language both interacts with and constitutes structures of subjectivity, producing specific attitudes and behaviors as well as significant social effects.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 01 Jul 1994

ISBN 10: 081471191X
ISBN 13: 9780814711910

Media Reviews

I recommend it to all researchers in cultural analysis, and to all those who were afraid to ask Lacan about Lacan.

-Juliet Flower MacCannell,author of Figuring Lacan

Provides an important and provocative guide to a region of Lacanian theory not yet widely explored.

-Jonathan Scott Lee,author of Jacques Lacan
Author Bio
Mark Bracher is Professor of English and Director of the Center for Literature and Psychoanalysis at Kent State University. Marshall W. Alcorn is Associate Professor of English at George Washington University. Ronald J. Corthell is Associate Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies at Kent State University. Franoise Massardier-Kenney is Associate Professor of French and a member of the Institute for Applied Linguistics at Kent State University.