The language of the self

The language of the self

the function of language in psychoanalysis

by Jacques Lacan

Book 1696 of Frye annotated --

1968
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Lacan's commentaries on Freud had revolutionary implications for philosophy and literary criticism. He held that if the unconscious exists, it functions linguistically rather than symbolically. Includes a study that explains his work and relates it to the context of contemporary thought.

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