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Jacques Lacan’s writings, and especially the [[seminars ]] for which he has become famous, offer a controversial, radical reappraisal of the legacy bequeathed by [[Freud]].

This volume is based on a year’s [[seminar ]] in which Dr. [[Lacan ]] addressed a larger, less specialized audience than ever before, among whom he could not assume familiarity with his [[work]]. For his listeners then, and for his readers now, he wanted to “introduce a certain [[coherence ]] into the major [[concepts ]] on which [[psycho]]-[[analysis ]] is based,” namely, ''the [[unconscious]], [[repetition]], the [[transference]], and the [[drive]]''. Along the way he argues for a [[structural ]] affinity between [[psychoanalysis ]] and [[language]], discusses the relation of psychoanalysis to [[religion]], and reveals his [[particular ]] stance on topics ranging from [[sexuality ]] and [[death ]] to [[alienation ]] and [[repression]]. This book constitutes the [[essence ]] of Dr. Lacan’s sensibility.