The Philosophers Desire: Psychoanalysis, Interpretation, and Truth by William Eg

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In this book, William Egginton argues for the centrality of a psychoanalytic notion of interpretation for philosophy and literary theory.

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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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"This tightly wound and carefully crafted treatise reads like wonderful detective fiction. It brings together dominant twentieth-century interpretive practices usually understood to be in opposition to one another in order to focus on a singular object of interpretation they have in common: that of the philosopher's desire. In tying together psychoanalysis, phenomenological hermeneutics, deconstruction, and literary practice, this book makes a significant contribution to the current fields of psychoanalysis and criticism in general and establishes its author as a leading theorist of psychoanalytic commentary."-Gregg Lambert, Syracuse University

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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.

Author Biography

William Egginton is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature at The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of Perversity and Ethics (Stanford, 2006) and How the World Became a Stage: Presence, Theatricality, and the Question of Modernity(2003).

Table of Contents

Table of Contents: Acknowledgmentsxxx Prologue: interpretive strings1 1. The interpretation string The bi-polar logos - The awakening - The fault-line 2. The psychosis string The incommunicable world - The exclusion of the Other / Reality and Uncertainty / Psychosis and interpretation / To space or not to space 3. The purloined string Death and the Signifier / Truth to the letter / The racketeer of truth 4. The temporality string Of time and spacing / Vulgar time / Original time / Memorious time Epilogue: The sense of certainties to come Notes Index

Review

"Egginton provides a thorough but theoretical discussion of the notion of interpretation as it relates to literary and philosophical texts. Relying on the work of major literary, psychoanalytic, and cultural critics, Egginton problematizes the idea that authors can be distinct from their interpretations... [A] valuable contribution to the study of literature, literary criticism, psychoanalysis, and cultural studies." - CHOICE "This tightly wound and carefully crafted treatise reads like wonderful detective fiction. It brings together dominant twentieth-century interpretive practices usually understood to be in opposition to one another in order to focus on a singular object of interpretation they have in common: that of the philosopher's desire. In tying together psychoanalysis, phenomenological hermeneutics, deconstruction, and literary practice, this book makes a significant contribution to the current fields of psychoanalysis and criticism in general and establishes its author as a leading theorist of psychoanalytic commentary." - Gregg Lambert, Syracuse University

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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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"This tightly wound and carefully crafted treatise reads like wonderful detective fiction. It brings together dominant twentieth-century interpretive practices usually understood to be in opposition to one another in order to focus on a singular object of interpretation they have in common: that of the philosopher's desire. In tying together psychoanalysis, phenomenological hermeneutics, deconstruction, and literary practice, this book makes a significant contribution to the current fields of psychoanalysis and criticism in general and establishes its author as a leading theorist of psychoanalytic commentary."

Details ISBN080475599X Author William Egginton Short Title PHILOSOPHERS DESIRE Pages 184 Publisher Stanford University Press Language English ISBN-10 080475599X ISBN-13 9780804755993 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 150.195 Year 2007 Imprint Stanford University Press Place of Publication Palo Alto Country of Publication United States Birth 1969 Illustrations black & white illustrations Subtitle Psychoanalysis, Interpretation, and Truth DOI 10.1604/9780804755993 UK Release Date 2007-05-31 AU Release Date 2007-05-31 NZ Release Date 2007-05-31 US Release Date 2007-05-31 Publication Date 2007-05-31 Alternative 9780804768276 Audience Further / Higher Education We've got this

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