The Subject of Psychosis: A Lacanian Perspective

This book discusses what Jacques Lacan's oeuvre contributes to our understanding of psychosis. Presenting a close reading of original texts, Stijn Vanheule proposes that Lacan's work on psychosis can best be framed in terms of four broad periods.

Author: S. Vanheule
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/03/2011
Pages: 194
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781137462589

About the Author
STIJN VANHEULE is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical Consulting at Ghent University, Belgium, and a Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst in Private Practice. He is the author of multiple papers on Lacanian and Freudian psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic research into psychopathology, and clinical psychodiagnostics.