The Philosopher’s Desire: Psychoanalysis, Interpretation, and Truth

The Philosopher’s Desire: Psychoanalysis, Interpretation, and Truth
ISBN-10
0804756007
ISBN-13
9780804756006
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
188
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Author
William Egginton

Description

This book is about interpretation as it pertains to literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis. It argues against certain trends of thought that claim we should do without interpretation by demonstrating that interpretation, as described by psychoanalysis, is already a fundamental aspect of all human experience. Egginton examines the idea of interpretation developed by Freud; how that notion was in turn changed by Lacan; the debate around psychoanalytic interpretation staged by philosophers like Deleuze and Derrida; and finally how a psychoanalytic notion of interpretation is necessary for even the most basic experience of consciousness.

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