Ricoeur and Lacan by Karl Simms

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Gives an overview of the work of both figures, tracing the origins and development of their principal ideas, and identifying key similarities and differences. This book identifies and explores the key philosophical influences upon their work such as: Descartes; Kant; Nietzsche; Husserl; Freud; Marcel; and Jaspers.

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Ricoeur and Lacan by Karl Simms

This is the first comparative study of the work of the philosopher Paul Ricoeur and the psychoanalayst Jacques Lacan. The book explores the conflict between the two thinkers that arose from their differing views of ethics: Ricoeur's universalist stance drew on a phenomenological reading of Kant, whereas Lacan's was a relativist position, derived from a psychoanalytic reading of Freud and de Sade. Ricoeur and Lacan gives a full critical overview of the work of both figures, tracing the origins and development of their principal ideas, and identifying key similarities and differences. Not only a valuable and original addition to the literature on two major thinkers, Ricoeur and Lacan is also an important study of contemporary Continental ethics.
Reviewed by David Pellauer in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, May 2008
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Karl Simms is Senior Lecturer in the School of English at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of Paul Ricoeur in the Routledge Critical Thinkers series (2003).
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ISBN 13 9780826477965
ISBN 10 0826477968
Title Ricoeur and Lacan
Author Karl Simms
Series Continuum Studies In Continental Philosophy
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2007-06-01
Number of pages 172
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