Jacques Lacan is widely recognized as a key figure in the history of psychoanalysis and one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th Century. In Anxiety, now available paperback, he explores the nature of anxiety, suggesting that it...

In zwei kleinen Bänden wurden 2005 vier Texte Lacans erstmals veröffentlicht, die man als 'Schlüsseltexte und vorzügliche Zugänge zum Werk' bezeichnen kann, so dass, wie Hans-Dieter Gondek anlässlich der französichen Ausgabe schrieb,...

What does Lacan show us? He shows us that desire is not a biological function; that it is not correlated with a natural object; and that its object is fantasized. Because of this, desire is extravagant. It cannot be grasped by those who...

"Schriften, Bd.1" von Peter Stehlin ist eine Sammlung von Texten, die verschiedene Aspekte der Philosophie, Kultur und Gesellschaft beleuchten. In diesem ersten Band setzt sich Stehlin mit grundlegenden Fragen des menschlichen Daseins...

Bringing together three previously unpublished lectures presented to the public by Lacan at the height of his career, My Teaching is a clear, concise introduction to the thought of the influential psychoanalyst. Drawing on examples from...

When I decided to explore the question of Witz, or wit, with you this year, I undertook a small enquiry. It will come as no surprise at all that I began by questioning a poet. This is a poet who introduces the dimension of an especially...

Lacan dedicates this seventh year of his famous seminar to the problematic role of ethics in psychoanalysis. Delving into the psychoanalyst's inevitable involvement with ethical questions and "the attraction of transgression," Lacan...

Brilliant and innovative, Jacques Lacan's work lies at the epicenter of modern thought about otherness, subjectivity, sexual difference, the drives, the law, and enjoyment. This new translation of his complete works offers welcome,...

'I've been talking to brick walls' says Lacan, meaning: 'Neither to you, nor to the Big Other. I'm speaking by myself. And this is precisely what interests you. It's up to you to interpret me.' These brick walls are those of the chapel...

Die neue deutsche Übersetzung der Ècrits folgt der mittlerweile verbindlichen, zweibändigen französischen Ausgabe bei Éditions du Seuil (»Nouvelle édition«). von Lacan, Jacques;

"The unfulfilled and unsatisfied mother around whom the child ascends the upward slope of his narcissism is someone real. She is right there, and like all other unfulfilled creatures, she is in search of what she can devour, quaerens...

In seinem erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung erscheinenden »Seminar X« lotet Jacques Lacan die vielfältigen Erscheinungsformen der Angst in ihrem Täuschungs- und in ihrem Wahrheitscharakter aus. Dazu setzt er sich mit unterschiedlichen...