The Ego in Freud's Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis, 1954-1955 (Book II) (The Seminar of Jacques Lacan) (Seminar of Jacques Lacan (Paperback))

The Ego in Freud's Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis, 1954-1955 (Book II) (The Seminar of Jacques Lacan) (Seminar of Jacques Lacan (Paperback))

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Author: Jacques LacanPublisher: W.W. Norton & Co.Paperback:ISBN 10: 0393307093ISBN 13: 978-0393307092A complete translation of the seminar that Jacques Lacan gave in the course of a year's teaching within the training programme of the Socie'te' Francaise de Psychanalyse. The French text was prepared by Jacques-Alain Miller in consultation with Jacques Lacan, from the transcriptions of the seminar. Review The Seminar Books I and II have a special place because of their value as an introduction to Lacan. . . . [They] are a sure path of entry into Lacan's critique of ego psychology. . . . Lacan's work underscores that part of Freud's message that is most revolutionary for our time. The individual is 'decentered.' There is no autonomous self. What sex was to the Victorians, the question of free will is to our new Fin-de-Siecle. --Sherry Turkle"A rare opportunity to experience Lacan as a teacher. . . . The publication of these two

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