The Philosopher's Desire: Psychoanalysis, Interpretation, by William Egginton

By William Egginton

This ebook is ready interpretation because it relates to literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis. It argues opposed to yes tendencies of idea that declare we should always do with out interpretation via demonstrating that interpretation, as defined by means of psychoanalysis, is already a basic element of all human adventure. Egginton examines the assumption of interpretation constructed by way of Freud; how that concept was once in flip replaced via Lacan; the controversy round psychoanalytic interpretation staged via philosophers like Deleuze and Derrida; and eventually how a psychoanalytic suggestion of interpretation is critical for even the main simple adventure of consciousness.

Show description

Read or Download The Philosopher's Desire: Psychoanalysis, Interpretation, and Truth PDF

Best literary criticism & theory books

Don Quixote and the Brilliant Name of Fire : Qabalah, Tarot and Shakespeare in the Greatest Novel

"Don Quixote and the bright identify of fireplace unearths for the 1st time the real quantity of the esoteric measurement of the vintage Spanish paintings. References to playing cards of the Tarot deck, a way of development at the internal trip, have lengthy been famous in it; yet Don Quixote and the bright identify of fireside will convey their complete volume, in addition to demonstrating miraculous visible representations of Hebrew letters of the Qabalah, and the stern allegory of psychic transformation—in the way in which of the Shakespeare plays—in which those symbols have their position.

Sexuality in Charlotte Brontë’s "Jane Eyre"

Seminar paper from the 12 months 2005 within the topic English Language and Literature reviews - Literature, grade: 2,7, college of Trier, language: English, summary: anywhere you enable your eye go back and forth nowadays you come back throughout sexuality and nakedness. 3 attractive ladies are nakedly smiling at you from an incredible ads poster for a solarium, within the ad holiday on television a girl tears an enticing man’s outfits simply because she is mesmerized through his new smell, and within the yellow pages you may also discover a voucher which promises you a bottle of champagne at no cost in case you e-book a one hour-service in a definite brothel .

The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Delusion is a production of the Enlightenment, and the popularity that pleasure and sweetness are available in imagining most unlikely issues. From the ghost tales of the Gothic to the zombies and vampires of twenty-first-century well known literature, from Mrs Radcliffe to Ms Rowling, the glorious has been well liked by readers.

Ellipsis in English Literature: Signs of Omission

Anne Toner presents an unique account of the heritage of ellipsis marks - dots, dashes and asterisks - in English literary writing. Highlighting ever-renewing curiosity in those sorts of non-completion in literature, Toner demonstrates how writers have striven to catch up with to the hesitancies and interruptions of spoken language, the indeterminacies of proposal, and the successive or fragmented nature of expertise through those textual symbols.

Extra resources for The Philosopher's Desire: Psychoanalysis, Interpretation, and Truth

Example text

Download PDF sample

Rated 4.53 of 5 – based on 22 votes