A Compulsion to Language in Psychoanalysis?

Can Wittgenstein’s philosophical method illuminate our understanding of psychoanalysis? This article argues yes, by analyzing Lacan’s ‘Science and Truth’. Focusing on Lacan’s structuralist concept of the subject, shaped by language and desire, the article highlights how a Wittgensteinian lens offer...

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Main Author: João José R. L. de Almeida
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Language:English
Published: UNICApress 2024-11-01
Series:Critical Hermeneutics
Online Access:https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/ecch/article/view/6139
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