Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The overarching argument of this manuscript concerns Lacanian Realism, that is, the Lacanian theory of the Real. Initially, my argument may seem quite modest: I claim that Lacanians have been preoccupied with a particular modality of the Real, one that insists on interrupting, limiting, or exceeding the various orders or agencies of the human mind. The implications of such a position are… more Full Text: LACANIAN REALISM // A CLINICAL AND POLITICAL INVESTIGATION A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfllment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY …