TY  - BOOK
AU  - Antoine Mooij
TI  - Lacan and Cassirer
SN  - 9789004373662
AV  - BF458 
U1  - 302.2/223 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Leiden, , Boston: 
PB  - Brill, 
KW  - Symbolism (Psychology)
N1  - Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- An Outline of the Human Condition -- Cassirer -- Lacan -- Variations on the Theme of Symbolisation
N2  - The Neo-Kantian philosopher Cassirer and the psychoanalyst Lacan are two key figures in the so-called medial turn in philosophy: the notion that any form of access to reality is mediated by symbols (images, words, signifiers). This explains why the theories of both philosophers merit a description in their own unique idioms, as well as having their respective basic tenets compared. It will be argued that, rather surprisingly, these tenets turn out be complementary - actually correcting each other – based on their shared notion of man as an animal symbolicum . Its fruitfulness will be substantiated for a limited number of topics within the humanities: perception, language, politics and ethics, and mental disorder, all to be considered from this perspective
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004373662
ER  -