Lacan: Regardless of Everything Author: Elizabeth Roudinescu Publisher: Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press

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-Editor 's Recommendation-

☆★The Book of Controversy • The Book of Anger • The Book of Delusion • The Book of Reckoning★☆

● Fresh recommendations from Wu Qiong, author of "Jacques Lacan : Reading Your Symptoms" and Wang Chenyang, translator of the Chinese version of "Lacan's Biography"

○ After the epic "Lacan Biography", can this " small biography " bring us a sense of freshness? Can it open a new door for us to understand Lacan and his thoughts?

● The third of the three biographies of Lacan by Elizabeth Roudinesco , one of the few French psychoanalytic historians : This is by no means a simplified version of Lacan’s Biography, but a self-contained thought picture book, a highly stylized attempt to write a biography, a “ Lacanian biography ” written in Lacan’s style

○ In the " fragmented " narrative style and " delusional " personal traces, we take you into the " other side " of Lacan and re-recognize the " Real Lacan " that has become the traumatic core of Lacanianism

-Content Introduction- ​

Is it just an abbreviation and repetition of Lacan's biography?

What made the author make such a " desperate " cry under the guise of Lacan's " name of the father " ?

Is the era of our spiritual life very different from the era of Lacan's death?

In 1993 , Elizabeth Roudinescu , one of the most prominent historians of psychoanalysis in France, devoted the third volume of her History of French Psychoanalysis, Lacan, to the thoughts, works and life of Jacques Lacan . However, this famous biography caused great controversy as soon as it was published ...

On the 30th anniversary of Lacan's death in September 2011 , Roudinescu felt it necessary to summarize the "Lacan Biography": not only to take stock of the legacy of this paradoxical master, but also to respond to and further explain various controversies and criticisms. This is the third of her " Lacan Biography " "Lacan: Regardless of Everything". Not surprisingly, its publication immediately caused a strong response and shock, and it also triggered a unique " headless case " in the history of psychoanalysis .

This book draws a historical outline of Lacan's magnificent life, grasping some important nodes and turning points in Lacan's career so that we can discover what they once looked like and what legacy they have left today.

-Media Recommendation- ​

Roudinescu takes us on a fascinating journey ... as fascinating as Lacan himself.

——Le Monde, France

This is an extraordinary book about the most dazzling French Freudian of the 20th century.

——The Times, UK

Roudinescu identifies the absurdity of Lacan the man and the grotesqueness of his writing, while also explaining why he is so important.

——The New York Times

About the Author

-About the Author-

Élisabeth Roudinesco ( born in 1944 ) is a famous contemporary French scholar, historian and psychoanalyst. In 1969 , she joined the " Freud School of Paris " ( EFP ) founded by Lacan . She is currently the president of the International Society for the History of Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis ( SIHPP ), the biographer of Freud and Lacan, and is well-known for her research on the history of psychoanalysis. Most of her works focus on the relationship between psychoanalysis and related disciplines or cultural fields such as history, philosophy, literature, sexual perverts, feminism, the French Revolution, Jewish culture and the evolution of identity.

-Translator Profile- ​

Li Xinyu is a psychoanalysis enthusiast and practitioner, a Lacanian practicing analyst, a founding member of the Psychoanalytic Practice and Knowledge School ( EPS ), and the owner of the WeChat public account " Cross-Lacan Circle " . He is committed to promoting the dissemination and development of psychoanalytic thought. His translations include "Envy and Gratitude: Selected Works of Melanie Klein 's Late Works", "Kant and Sade: Critique of Pure Desire", "Introduction to Lacan", "Introduction to Freud", and "Introduction to Lacan's Psychoanalysis".