A Psychoanalysis of Act and Action
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A Psychoanalysis of Act and Action

An Itinerary through Lacan, Philosophy, and Crime

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eBook - ePub

A Psychoanalysis of Act and Action

An Itinerary through Lacan, Philosophy, and Crime

About this book

A Psychoanalysis of Act and Action brings together the study of the philosophy of action and Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytic theory.

Drawing on the works of Freud and Lacan, this book examines desire and the unconscious as key frameworks for understanding action. Londoño-Paredes explores key premises in the philosophy of action, while demonstrating how these may fall short in light of Lacan's ideas. The book proposes an alternative to dominant philosophical interpretations, exploring Lacan's framework through concepts such as the graph, the act, the transgressive act, acting out, and passage à l'acte. The paradoxes of action, along with forms of action that carry moral and symbolic weight are examined from a psychoanalytic perspective, helping us to understand the interpretive boundaries of action. By intertwining philosophical and psychoanalytic perspectives with clinical illustrations of real crimes, the book offers a fresh approach to action and act.

A Psychoanalysis of Act and Action will be essential for psychoanalytically informed readers interested in Lacan. It will also be of interest to academics and scholars of the philosophy of mind and action, cultural studies, criminology, and mental disorders.

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Yes, you can access A Psychoanalysis of Act and Action by Diego Enrique Londoño-Paredes in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & Mind & Body in Philosophy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040428702
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Mind & Body in Philosophy
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Endorsement Page
  3. Half Title page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 Action and the Psychoanalytic Issues of a Concept: A Strategy Toward a New Conception of Action
  9. Chapter 2 Sifting Action through the Strainer of Desire and Psychoanalysis: The Graph of Desire (Part I)
  10. Chapter 3 Reinterpreting Action through the Drive and Fantasy: The Graph of Desire (Part II)
  11. Chapter 4 The Psychoanalytic Setting as the Linguistic Key of Action
  12. Chapter 5 Paradoxes of Action: The passage à l’acte and Unmotivated Crime
  13. Chapter 6 The Socio-Anthropological Background of Action: Between Determinism and Free Will
  14. Chapter 7 Phantasy and Fundamental Fantasy: A Tour through Anglo-analytical Philosophy of Psychoanalysis
  15. Chapter 8 The Serial Killer’s Act and the passage à l’acte, or How to Describe Radical Action
  16. Chapter 9 A Critical Appraisal of the Ethics of Action: A Brief Psychoanalytic Review
  17. Chapter 10 Action Caught up in the Drift of the Group: The Collective Push of Action Display
  18. Conclusion
  19. References
  20. Index