The work of Jacques Lacan is second only to Freud in its impact onpsychoanalysis. Yannis Stavrakakis clearly examines Lacans challenging viewson time history la... » 

The work of Jacques Lacan is second only to Freud in its impact onpsychoanalysis. Yannis Stavrakakis clearly examines Lacans challenging viewson time history language alterity desire and sexuality from a politicalstandpoint. It is the first book to provide an overview of the social andpolitical implications of Lacans work as a whole for students coming to Lacanfor the first time. The first part of Lacan and the Political offers astraightforward and systematic assessment of the importance of Lacanscategories and theoretical constructions for concrete political analysis. Thesecond half of the book applies Lacanian theory to specific examples of widelydiscussed political issues such as Green ideology the question of democracyand the hegemony of advertising in contemporary culture. «