Introducing Lacan - A Graphic Guide

Zusatztext 'Excellent clarity' - New Scientist 'A splendid job' - New Statesman Informationen zum Autor Darian Leader: Darian Leader is a psychoanalyst practising in London. He is a leading Lacanian analyst and the author of numerous books including 'The New Black' and 'Why People Get Sick'.Judy Groves: Judy Groves is a painter, graphic designer and illustrator. She has illustrated numerous titles. Klappentext Jacques Lacan's ideas are as influential in the field of psychoanalysis as those of Freud have ever been. Introducing Lacan guides the reader through Lacanian theory, exploring the central pillars of his thought and his bearing on literature, art, philosophy, and feminism. Zusammenfassung Jacques Lacan is regarded as a major psychoanalytical theorist alongside Freud and Jung, although recognition has been delayed by fierce arguments over his ideas. This title guides the reader through his innovations, including his work on paranoia, his addition of structural linguistics to Freudianism and his ideas on the infant 'mirror phase'.

Product details

• Authors: Judy Groves, Darian Leader, Leader Darian
• Assisted by: Judy Groves (Illustration), Groves Judy (Illustration)
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2010
• EAN: 9781848311831
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-183-1
• Dimensions: 120 mm x 166 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Introducing . . .; Introducing...; Graphic Guides
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / General, STUDY AIDS / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / History, Popular psychology, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction, ANF:Psychology, Biography & Memoir, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Graphic Guides: Key Figures, Graphic Guides: Psychology