Read My Desire: Lacan against the Historicists (October Books)

283 Pages·1994·5.42 MB·English

by  Joan Copjec

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Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
1. Introduction:S tructureDso n'tM arch inth e Streets
2. The OrthopsychiScu bjecFtilm: Theory and
the Receptioonf L acan 15
TheS creeansM irror
Orthopsychism
TheM irroars S creen
3. Cutting Up 39
TheD eathD riveF:r euadn dB ergson
CauseL:a caann dA ristotle
Achillanedst heT ortoise
Causaen dt heL aw
4. The SartorialS uperego 65
Coloniaensd C olonnades
Guiltvye rsuUss efuPll easures
Beyontdh eG oodN eighboPrr inciple
Fantaasnyd F etish
5. Vampires, Breast-Feedianngd, A nxiety 117
TheD ryinUgp oft heB reast
Breast-FeeadnidFn rge edom
6. The U,ender OtherH:y steriaan d Democracy
in America 141
TheT eflonT otem
TheM odernF ormso fP ower
7. LockedR oomlLonelyR oom: PrivatSep acein FilmN oir 163
TheA ctuarialO rigionfsD etectiFviec tion
TheL ocked-RooPma radoaxn dt heG roup
Contents vii
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LethJaolu issaanncdet heF emmeF atale
8. Sexa nd the Euthano£asRieaaso n 201
TheP hallFiucn ction
TheF emalSei deM:a thematical Failure
TheM aleS ideD:y namicFaali leu r
SexuaDli fferenacnedt heS uperego
NOTES 237
INDEX 261
Aclmowledgments
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