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France’s premier philosopher and its leading historian of psychoanalysis discuss the nature of Jacques Lacan’s thought and his legacy.

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This set of exchanges adds significantly to our appreciation of both Lacanian psychoanalysis and Badiouian philosophy. An irresistible 'must read.' -- Adrian Johnston, University of New Mexico Badiou and Roudinesco each contribute an important piece to the puzzle that is the figure and thought of Jacques Lacan. Both the general reader and specialists in either Badiou or Lacan's thought will appreciate this book. -- Bruno Bosteels, author of Badiou and Politics Badiou and Roudinesco agree on the essential: the value of Lacan's thought for facing the ills of our age, whether they be the different ways both science and obscurantism are instrumentalized, the irrational cult of quantitative assessment, or the temptation to flee headlong into psychologism. So many tendencies unveiled in this dialogue as so many sides of a single 'misery of the contemporary world.' -- Laurent Etre l'Humanite

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Foreword: "I am counting on the tourbillon": On the Late Lacan by Jason E. Smith Preface 1. One Master, Two Encounters 2. Thinking Disorder Notes Index

Jacques Lacan Past and Present

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      Publisher Columbia University Press
      Published 6 May 2014
      ISBN-13 9780231165112
      978-0231165112
      ISBN-10 0231165110
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      Philosophy Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology Books by Alain Badiou

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      France’s premier philosopher and its leading historian of psychoanalysis discuss the nature of Jacques Lacan’s thought and his legacy.

      Trade Review
      This set of exchanges adds significantly to our appreciation of both Lacanian psychoanalysis and Badiouian philosophy. An irresistible 'must read.' -- Adrian Johnston, University of New Mexico Badiou and Roudinesco each contribute an important piece to the puzzle that is the figure and thought of Jacques Lacan. Both the general reader and specialists in either Badiou or Lacan's thought will appreciate this book. -- Bruno Bosteels, author of Badiou and Politics Badiou and Roudinesco agree on the essential: the value of Lacan's thought for facing the ills of our age, whether they be the different ways both science and obscurantism are instrumentalized, the irrational cult of quantitative assessment, or the temptation to flee headlong into psychologism. So many tendencies unveiled in this dialogue as so many sides of a single 'misery of the contemporary world.' -- Laurent Etre l'Humanite

      Table of Contents
      Foreword: "I am counting on the tourbillon": On the Late Lacan by Jason E. Smith Preface 1. One Master, Two Encounters 2. Thinking Disorder Notes Index

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