1st Edition

Lacan and Marx The Invention of the Symptom

By Pierre Bruno Copyright 2020
254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

Lacan and Marx: The Invention of the Symptom provides an incisive commentary on Lacan’s reading of Marx, mapping the relations between these two vastly influential thinkers. Unlike previous books, Bruno provides a detailed history of Lacan’s reading of Marx and surveys his references to Marx in both his writings and seminars. Examining Lacan’s key argument that Marx "invented the symptom",... Read more

Translator’s Preface

Introduction

Part One: The Splitting of the Subject

Chapter One: London/Berlin

Chapter Two: From A to Z

Part Two: The Capitalist Discourse

Chapter Three: UMHA

Chapter Four: The Capitalist Exemption

Appendix 1: Lacan’s Portrait of Marx

Appendix 2: The Insatiable

References

Biography

Pierre Bruno is a psychoanalyst based in Paris. He is a former professor of psychoanalysis at the University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis, and he is a member of the psychoanalytic association Le pari de Lacan (Lacan’s Wager) and the editorial board of the journal Psychanalyse.