Jacques Lacan's commentaries on Freud had revolutionary
implications not only for the analytic movement but also for
contemporary philosophy and literary criticism. Lacan held that if
the unconscious, as Freud described it, exists, it functions
linguistically, rather than symbolically or instinctually. He
refers to the unconscious as a language: "the discourse of the
Other." In "The Language of the Self" Lacan offers a significant
and fertile return to the heart of the Freudian texts.
Originally published in paperback under the title "Speech and
Language in Psychoanalysis," this book is based on Anthony Wilden's
translation of "Fonction et champ de la parole et du langage en
psychanalyse," a 1953 article that became a manifesto for a
generation interested in a new reading of Freud. Wilden expands and
amplifies the text with extensive notes and a commentary that
places Lacan's work in the context of contemporary thought.
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