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Paperback The Singularity of Being: Lacan and the Immortal Within Book

ISBN: 082324315X

ISBN13: 9780823243150

The Singularity of Being: Lacan and the Immortal Within

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The Singularity of Being presents a Lacanian vision of what makes each of us an inimitable and irreplaceable creature. It argues that, unlike the "subject" (who comes into existence as a result of symbolic prohibition) or the "person" (who is aligned with the narcissistic conceits of the imaginary), the singular self emerges in response to a galvanizing directive arising from the real. This directive carries the force of an obligation that cannot...

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