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Against Adaptation

Lacan's Subversion of the Subject

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$40.00 US
5.38"W x 8.25"H x 0.81"D   | 14 oz | 24 per carton
On sale Nov 17, 2001 | 360 Pages | 9781892746658

"Van Haute's exegesis of Lacan's essay is as lucid as it is cogent--an admirable (and very illuminating) achievement."
-William Richardson
Philippe Van Haute is a practicing psychoanalyst and a professor of philosophical anthropology at the University of Nijmegen. His books include Against Adaptation (Other Press, 2002) and Confusion of Tongues. Tomas Geyskens, Ph.D., is the author of Our Original ScenesandConfusion of Tongues (Other Press, 2004). He is a member of the Center for Psychoanalysis and Philosophical Anthropology and a practicing member of the Belgian School for Psychoanalysis. View titles by Philippe Van Haute

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"Van Haute's exegesis of Lacan's essay is as lucid as it is cogent--an admirable (and very illuminating) achievement."
-William Richardson

Author

Philippe Van Haute is a practicing psychoanalyst and a professor of philosophical anthropology at the University of Nijmegen. His books include Against Adaptation (Other Press, 2002) and Confusion of Tongues. Tomas Geyskens, Ph.D., is the author of Our Original ScenesandConfusion of Tongues (Other Press, 2004). He is a member of the Center for Psychoanalysis and Philosophical Anthropology and a practicing member of the Belgian School for Psychoanalysis. View titles by Philippe Van Haute

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