1st Edition

Lacan and Religion

By Aron Dunlap Copyright 2014
194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

The French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan is one of the most influential intellectuals of the past century. His work is invoked by philosophers, film critics and feminist theorists, but religious scholars have tended to keep their distance. Whilst the religious dimensions of Freud and Jung have been investigated exhaustively, much work still needs to be done in exploring this aspect of Lacan's... Read more
Introduction 1. Intellectual Biography 2. The Basic Concepts 3. Jouissance and Feminine Sexuality 4. A Review of the Literature 5. Lacan as a Theologian

Biography

Aron Dunlap is an assistant Professor in Religion at Shimer College, Chicago.