Lacanian Theory of Discourse: Subject, Structure, and Society

by Mark Bracher

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814711910
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	07/01/1994
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

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

-Jonathan Scott Lee,author of Jacques Lacan

"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

Editorial 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

”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

From the Publisher

A collection of 13 studies (10 previously published) exploring Jacques Lacan's thoughts on the relationship among language, subjectivity, and society. They cover the real and the subject of discourse, discourse structures and subject structures, and discourse and society. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

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

Jonathan Scott Lee