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This book presents the radically new [[theory ]] of [[subjectivity ]] found in the [[work ]] of Jacques [[Lacan]]. Against the tide of post-[[structuralist ]] thinkers who announce “the [[death ]] of the [[subject]],” [[Bruce Fink ]] explores what it means to come into [[being ]] as a subject where impersonal forces once reigned, subjectify the [[alien ]] roll of the dice at the beginning of our [[universe]], and make our own knotted web of our parents’ desires that led [[them ]] to bring us into this [[world]].

Lucidly guiding readers through the labyrinth of [[Lacanian ]] theory—unpacking such central notions as the [[Other]], object ''a'', the [[unconscious ]] as [[structures ]] like a [[language]], [[alienation ]] and [[separation]], the paternal [[metaphor]], [[jouissance]], and [[sexual ]] difference—Fink demonstrates in-depth [[knowledge ]] of Lacan’s [[theoretical ]] and [[clinical ]] work. Indeed, this is the first book to appear in [[English ]] that displays a firm grasp of both theory ''and'' practice  [[practice]] of Lacanian [[psychoanalysis]], the [[author ]] being one of the only Americans to have undergone [[full ]] [[training ]] with Lacan’s [[school ]] in [[Paris]].

Fink leads the reader step by step into Lacan’s [[conceptual ]] [[system ]] to explain how one comes to be a subject—leading to [[psychosis]]. Presenting Lacan’s theory in the context of his clinical preoccupations, Fink provides the most balanced, sophisticated, and penetrating view of Lacan’s work to date—invaluable to the initiated and the uninitiated alike.

'''Bruce Fink''' is a practicing Lacanian [[psychoanalyst]], [[analytic ]] supervisor, member of the ''Ecole de la [[Cause ]] freudienne'' in Paris, and Professor of [[Psychology ]] at Duquesne [[University]]. He is the author of ''A Clinical Introduction to [[Lacanian Psychoanalysis]]: Theory and [[Technique]]''.