{"product_id":"understanding-lacan-understanding-modernism-9798765114896","title":"Understanding Lacan, Understanding Modernism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresents the most wide-ranging and in-depth exploration of the influence of modernist art and literature on Jacques Lacan, emphasizing the valences of Lacanian psychoanalysis for interpretations of modernism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA notorious presence in French intellectual circles throughout the 20th century, Lacan was personal friends with modernists such as André Breton and Salvador Dalí, and in 1923 was present at the legendary reading of \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e at the Shakespeare and Company bookshop by James Joyce, to whom Lacan would devote a year of his seminar in 1975-76. Lacan also contributed to several Surrealist publications, including the famous magazine\u003ci\u003e Minotaure\u003c\/i\u003e, the inaugural edition of which featured special mention of Lacan's early work on psychosis. However, despite his affinity with early 20th-century modernism, Lacan's name is still more routinely associated with the category of so-called \"postmodernism,\" thus rendering the question of style and periodization somewhat out of focus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Lacan, Understanding Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e asks and responds to a series of questions, including: Is Lacan a modernist or a postmodernist, and what is the difference? How significant was the influence of modernist literature and art on the development of Lacan's ideas? How does our understanding of modernism change when viewed through a Lacanian lens? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe final section identifies key Lacaninan concepts, offering context and a discussion of their usage and relevance in current thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Waller \u003c\/b\u003eis a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow at University College Dublin, Ireland. He has published widely in journals such as \u003ci\u003eTextual Practice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRethinking Marxism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eModern Fiction Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eQui Parle\u003c\/i\u003e. His monograph \u003ci\u003eGenres of Transition: Literature and Economy in Portuguese-Speaking Southern Africa\u003c\/i\u003e is forthcoming in 2024. He is an Associate Editor at \u003ci\u003eCLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSinan Richards \u003c\/b\u003eis a Lecturer in French at University College Cork, Ireland. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDialectics of Love in Sartre and Lacan \u003c\/i\u003e(2023), co-editor, alongside Christina Howells, of \u003ci\u003eMichel Serres: ecology, parasitism and the (post)human\u003c\/i\u003e, a Special Issue of the \u003ci\u003eModern \u0026amp; Contemporary France Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 2024, and \u003ci\u003eFanon and Lacan: Decolonial Psychoanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e, alongside Derek Hook (forthcoming). Richards serves as a member of the \u003ci\u003eFrench Studies\u003c\/i\u003e editorial board and is a correspondent, associate, and referee at the \u003ci\u003eEuropean Journal of Psychoanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently finalizing a book on Fanon and Lacan.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966993694994,"sku":"9798765114896","price":131.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_78a79849-26a1-4dcd-901d-96537ac0e08f.jpg?v=1768918583","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/understanding-lacan-understanding-modernism-9798765114896","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}