The philosopher's desire : psychoanalysis, interpretation, and truth
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The philosopher's desire : psychoanalysis, interpretation, and truth
Stanford University Press, 2007
- : cloth
- : paper
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-164) and index
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Description
This book is about interpretation as it pertains to literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis. It argues against certain trends of thought that claim we should do without interpretation by demonstrating that interpretation, as described by psychoanalysis, is already a fundamental aspect of all human experience. Egginton examines the idea of interpretation developed by Freud; how that notion was in turn changed by Lacan; the debate around psychoanalytic interpretation staged by philosophers like Deleuze and Derrida; and finally how a psychoanalytic notion of interpretation is necessary for even the most basic experience of consciousness.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Acknowledgments xxx Prologue: interpretive strings 1 1. The interpretation string The bi-polar logos - The awakening - The fault-line 2. The psychosis string The incommunicable world - The exclusion of the Other / Reality and Uncertainty / Psychosis and interpretation / To space or not to space 3. The purloined string Death and the Signifier / Truth to the letter / The racketeer of truth 4. The temporality string Of time and spacing / Vulgar time / Original time / Memorious time Epilogue: The sense of certainties to come Notes Index
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