Description
Book SynopsisAn accessible, sharp and contemporary introduction to Lacan and his work
Trade Review'Martin Murray talks 'about Lacan' in a way that nobody has before: he explains in crystal clear, easily understandable language not just what the notoriously opaque Lacan's ideas were 'about', but also the various shaping forces -- personal, historical, cultural, ideological, artistic'
-- Jonathan Gil Harris, Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of English, Ashoka University
'With extraordinary intellectual generosity (and some humour), he forges a form of psychoanalytic sensibility that is vitalised, not exhausted, by the dazzle and difficulty of its subject'
-- Vicky Lebeau, Professor of English, University of Sussex
'This book deserves a space on the shelves of even those who have already amassed a significant number of introductions to Lacanian thought ... Essential'
-- CHOICE
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
1. Stopping and Starting
2. Sweet and Sour
3. Sense and Nonsense
4. Man and Window
5. I and I
6. Fight and Flight
7. Word and Wish
8. Ending and Beginning
Notes
Bibliography of Works by Lacan
General Bibliography
Index
