Lacan Books

New and Published Books

1. The Emptiness of Oedipus

   Identification and Non-Identification in Lacanian Psychoanalysis

   By Raul Moncayo

   Lacan's seminar on identification marks a turning point from the early to the later years of his work. In this book, Raul Moncayo builds on many of the concepts that Lacan developed in his seminar, focusing on the relationship between the unary trait and narcissism that occurs via ruling ideas,...

   Published November 9th 2011 by Routledge
2. Lacanian Psychotherapy

   Theory and Practical Applications

   By Michael J. Miller

   The work of Jacques Lacan is associated more with literature and philosophy than mainstream American psychology, due in large part to the dense language he employs in articulating his theory – including often at the expense of clinical illustration. As a result, his contributions are...

   Published May 12th 2011 by Routledge
3. Between Winnicott and Lacan

   A Clinical Engagement

   Edited by Lewis A. Kirshner

   D. W. Winnicott and Jacques Lacan, two of the most innovative and important psychoanalytic theorists since Freud, are also seemingly the most incompatible. And yet, in different ways, both men emphasized the psychic process of becoming a subject or of developing a separate self, and both believed...

   Published February 16th 2011 by Routledge
4. Lacanian Psychoanalysis

   Revolutions in Subjectivity

   By Ian Parker

   Series: Advancing Theory in Therapy

   Jacques Lacan's impact upon the theory and practice of psychoanalysis worldwide cannot be underestimated. Lacanian Psychoanalysis looks at the current debates surrounding Lacanian practice and explores its place within historical, social and political contexts. The book argues that Lacan’s...

   Published July 8th 2010 by Routledge
5. Please Select Your Gender

   From the Invention of Hysteria to the Democratizing of Transgenderism

   By Patricia Gherovici

   "I have the worst birth defect a woman can have: I was born with a penis and a pair of testicles." Thus we meet Hera, who shares her reason for starting psychoanalysis and whose statement embodies the debate over transgenderism, rigorously dissected in Please Select Your Gender. Is it a mental...

   Published January 14th 2010 by Routledge
6. Enjoy Your Symptom!

   Jacques Lacan in Hollywood and Out

   By Slavoj Zizek

   Series: Routledge Classics

   The title is just the first of many startling asides, observations and insights that fill this guide to Hollywood on the Lacanian psychoanalyst’s couch. Zizek introduces the ideas of Jacques Lacan through the medium of American film, taking his examples from over 100 years of cinema, from Charlie...

   Published October 29th 2007 by Routledge
7. The Ethics of Psychoanalysis

   The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: Book VII

   By Jacques Lacan

   Series: Routledge Classics

   A charismatic and controversial figure, Lacan is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century and his work has revolutionized linguistics, philosophy, literature, psychology, cultural and media studies. He gained his reputation as a lecturer, disseminating his ideas to audiences that...

   Published September 2nd 2007 by Routledge
8. Knowing Nothing, Staying Stupid

   Elements for a Psychoanalytic Epistemology

   By Dany Nobus, Malcolm Quinn

   Why is stupidity sublime? What is the value of a 'dialectics of ignorance' for analysts and academics? Knowing Nothing, Staying Stupid draws on recent research to provide a thorough and illuminating evaluation of the status of knowledge and truth in psychoanalysis. Adopting a Lacanian framework,...

   Published June 22nd 2005 by Routledge
9. Having A Life

   Self Pathology after Lacan

   By Lewis A. Kirshner

   What is it about "having a life"- which is to say, about having a sense of separate existence as a subject or self - that is usually taken for granted but is so fragilely maintained in certain patients and, indeed, in most of us at especially difficult times? In Having A Life: Self Pathology After...

   Published March 31st 2004 by Routledge
10. Jacques Lacan and the Freudian Practice of Psychoanalysis

    By Dany Nobus

    Series: Makers of Modern Psychotherapy

    Jacques Lacan and the Freudian Practice of Psychoanalysis paints a completely new picture of the man and his ideas. The book suceeds in showing how ideas can become more accessible, and re-evaluates his significance within the field of psychodynamic psychotherapy.The book is structured thematically...

    Published August 23rd 2000 by Routledge