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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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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Psychology Psychological theory & schools of thought

• Full title: Philosopher's Desire
• Subtitle: Psychoanalysis, Interpretation, and Truth
• Author: William Egginton
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184
• EAN: 9780804756006
• ISBN: 0804756007
• ID: 04718258
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Weight: 277 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 13 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. May 2007

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