Signifiers and Acts
Download or Read eBook Signifiers and Acts PDF written by Ed Pluth and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Ed Pluth |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2012-02-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780791479377 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0791479374 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Signifiers and Acts by : Ed Pluth
Book excerpt: In Signifiers and Acts, Ed Pluth examines Lacan's views on language and sexuality to argue that Lacan's theory of the subject is best read as a theory of freedom and agency—a theory that is especially compelling precisely because of its structuralist and seemingly antihumanist framework. Presenting new aspects of Lacan's work and commenting extensively on the important yet unpublished seminars that still make up the majority of his contribution to contemporary thought, the book aims to make a Lacanian intervention into contemporary theory. In addition to Saussure, Sartre, Derrida, Lacoue-Labarthe, and Nancy, Pluth discusses works in political theory and identity theory by Alain Badiou, Judith Butler, and Slavoj Zðizûek.
