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Published in 1973, “L’Etourdit” was one of the French philosopher Jacques Lacan’s most important works. The book posed questions that traversed the entire body of Lacan’s psychoanalytical explorations, including his famous idea that “there is no such thing as a sexual relationship,” which seeks to undermine our certainties about intimacy and reality.
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Published in 1973, “L’Etourdit” was one of the [[French]] [[philosopher]] Jacques Lacan’s most important works. The book posed questions that traversed the entire [[body]] of Lacan’s [[psychoanalytical]] explorations, including his famous [[idea]] that “there is no such [[thing]] as a [[sexual]] [[relationship]],” which seeks to undermine our [[certainties]] [[about]] intimacy and [[reality]].
  
In ''There’s No Such Thing as a Sexual Relationship'', Alain Badiou and Barbara Cassin take possession of Lacan’s short text, thinking “with” Lacan about his propositions and what kinds of questions they raise in relation to knowledge. Cassin considers the relationship of the real to language through a Sophist lens, while the Platonist Badiou unpacks philosophical claims about truth. Each of their contributions echoes back to one another, offering new ways of thinking about Lacan, his seminal ideas, and his role in advancing philosophical thought.
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In ''There’s No Such Thing as a [[Sexual Relationship]]'', [[Alain]] [[Badiou]] and Barbara Cassin take possession of Lacan’s short [[text]], [[thinking]] “with” [[Lacan]] about his propositions and what kinds of questions they raise in relation to [[knowledge]]. Cassin considers the relationship of the [[real]] to [[language]] through a Sophist lens, while the Platonist Badiou unpacks [[philosophical]] claims about [[truth]]. Each of their contributions echoes back to one [[another]], offering new ways of thinking about Lacan, his seminal [[ideas]], and his [[role]] in advancing philosophical [[thought]].
  
Alain Badiou (PhD, Philosophy, Ecole Normale Superieure) holds the Rene Descartes Chair at the European Graduate School; he also teaches at the Ecole Normale Superieure and the College International de Philosophie in Paris. He is the author of several successful novels and plays as well as more than a dozen philosophical works, including his masterwork, Being and Event (Continuum, 2007), and several Columbia titles, includng Plato’s Republic (2013) and Jacques Lacan Past and Present (2016).
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Alain Badiou (PhD, [[Philosophy]], Ecole Normale Superieure) holds the Rene [[Descartes]] [[Chair]] at the European Graduate [[School]]; he also teaches at the Ecole Normale Superieure and the College International de [[Philosophie]] in [[Paris]]. He is the [[author]] of several successful novels and plays as well as more than a dozen philosophical works, including his masterwork, [[Being]] and [[Event]] (Continuum, 2007), and several Columbia titles, includng Plato’s Republic (2013) and [[Jacques Lacan]] [[Past]] and [[Present]] (2016).

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Book Description

Published in 1973, “L’Etourdit” was one of the French philosopher Jacques Lacan’s most important works. The book posed questions that traversed the entire body of Lacan’s psychoanalytical explorations, including his famous idea that “there is no such thing as a sexual relationship,” which seeks to undermine our certainties about intimacy and reality.

In There’s No Such Thing as a Sexual Relationship, Alain Badiou and Barbara Cassin take possession of Lacan’s short text, thinking “with” Lacan about his propositions and what kinds of questions they raise in relation to knowledge. Cassin considers the relationship of the real to language through a Sophist lens, while the Platonist Badiou unpacks philosophical claims about truth. Each of their contributions echoes back to one another, offering new ways of thinking about Lacan, his seminal ideas, and his role in advancing philosophical thought.

Alain Badiou (PhD, Philosophy, Ecole Normale Superieure) holds the Rene Descartes Chair at the European Graduate School; he also teaches at the Ecole Normale Superieure and the College International de Philosophie in Paris. He is the author of several successful novels and plays as well as more than a dozen philosophical works, including his masterwork, Being and Event (Continuum, 2007), and several Columbia titles, includng Plato’s Republic (2013) and Jacques Lacan Past and Present (2016).