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Law, Psychoanalysis, Society - Taking the Unconscious Seriously (Hardcover)
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Law, Psychoanalysis, Society - Taking the Unconscious Seriously (Hardcover)
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'I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth' we say in a court of law. 'In a court of law, the truth is
precisely what we will not say', says Lacan. 'If God is dead,
everything is permitted', writes Dostoyevsky. 'If God is dead,
everything is prohibited', responds Lacan. 'I think, therefore I
am', reasons Descartes. 'I am where I do not think', concludes
Lacan. What are we to make of Lacan's inversions of these mottos?
And what are the implications for the legal system if we take them
seriously? This book puts the legal subject on the couch and
explores the incestuous relationship between law and desire,
enjoyment and transgression, freedom and subjection, ethics and
atheism. The process of analysis problematizes fundamental tenets
of the legal system, leading the patient to rethink long-held
beliefs: terms like 'guilt' and 'innocence', 'truth' and 'lies',
'reason' and 'reality', 'freedom' and 'responsibility', 'cause' and
'punishment', acquire new and surprising meanings. By the end of
these sessions, the patient is left wondering, along with Freud her
analyst, whether 'it is not psychology that deserves the mockery
but the procedure of judicial enquiry'. A unique study on the nexus
of Law and Psychoanalysis, this book will interest students and
scholars of both subjects, as well as general readers looking to
explore this perverse and fascinating relationship.
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