Lacan and the English Language

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Jean-Pierre Cléro has provided the first detailed account of the influence of English-language psychoanalysts philosophers and mathematicians upon Lacan. He reveals the extent of Lacan's interest in the Anglo-Saxon tradition and how Lacan's erudition generated a re-evaluation of some thinkers-Boole and Bentham for example-within that tradition. In this investigation Cléro also identifies a missed encounter between Lacan and the British psychoana- lytic community that led Lacan to question the efficacy of the English language to translate the unconscious.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This book is sure to be a significant contribution to the study of Lacan in English and a highly original contribution to the study of major influences on Lacan's thought.</span></p><p><br></p>