Lacanian Psychoanalysis Books
Reading Theory: An Introduction to Lacan, Derrida and Kristeva
A commentary on Lacan's 'Ecrits', Derrida's 'Of Grammatology' and Kristeva's 'Revolution in Poetic language'. (more)
Subject and Agency in Psychoanalysis: Which is to be Master?
Psychoanalysis works with words - words spoken by a subject who asks that the analyst listens. This is the belief that underlies Moran's exploration of a central problem in psychoanalytic theory -... (more)
The Trial(s) of Psychoanalysis
As attempts to 'place' psychoanalysis in relation to other fields of knowledge, these essays explore the relations between psychoanalysis and literary theory, psychiatry, history, feminism, marxism,... (more)
The Lost Cause of Rhetoric: The Relation of Rhetoric and Geometry in Aristotle and Lacan
A wide-ranging discussion of how rhetoric is 'erased' in Western culture, and how it can (re)place itself through geometry in the spaces vacated by philosophy. Using Aristotle and Lacan the author... (more)
Jacques Lacan
Presents Lacan's ideas chronologically, beginning with his phenomenological essays on the mirror stage, the influence of structuralism in the fifties, and - finally - his work with graphs and... (more)
Hysterical Psychosis: A Historical Survey
Attempts to answer the question 'is there such a thing as hysterical psychosis', or can there only be 'hysteria with psychotic features'.
Concerning the Rites of Psychoanalysis: Or the Villa of the Mysteries
Looks at Lacanian psychoanlaysis in a clinical context and how the ancient mysteries of the phallus, prefigure concepts of the symbol, the feminine and the sacred. (more)
Lacan, discourse and social change: a psychoanalytic cultural criticis
Proposes a method of cultural criticism that is based on the principles of psychoanalytic treatment and which aims to alter subjectivity and behaviour, drawing on Lacan's theoretical insights. (more)