Lacanian Fantasy - The Image, Language and Uncertainty

Lacanian Fantasy: The Image, Language and Uncertainty addresses the question of how fantasy developed as a psychological concept, particularly as influenced by Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan.

List of contents

1. Introduction: On the Contexts and Uses of the Concept of Fantasy, Section I. From Freud to the Imaginary, 2. Fantasy in the Work of Freud and the Early Seminars of Lacan, 3. From Freud's Phantasie to Lacan's fantasme via the Case of The Beaten Child, Section II. The Symbolic Development of the Subject, 4. The 'Split' of Language: Returning to Our Alienation, 5. Stepping Away from the Fantasy, Section III. The Real Axiom and the Clinic, 6. Representation: How The Mind Processes Fantasy and the World, 7. Thinking or Being?, Section IV. Signification and Uncertainty, 8. The Final Seminars, 9. Conclusion: How Does Fantasy Function Today?

About the author

Kirk Turner received his PhD in philosophy from Deakin University, Australia. He has published widely on Lacan and Freud, produced several German-to-English translations, and lectured and presented in Australia and internationally.

Summary

Lacanian Fantasy: The Image, Language and Uncertainty addresses the question of how fantasy developed as a psychological concept, particularly as influenced by Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan.

Product details

• Authors: Kirk Turner, Kirk (Deakin University Turner
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781032103549
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3210354-9
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: The Lines of the Symbolic in Psychoanalysis Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Philosophy, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / History, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis