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• Winner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Prize 2016

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'With extraordinary intellectual generosity (and some humour), he forges a form of psychoanalytic sensibility that is vitalised, not exhausted, by the dazzle and difficulty of its subject' -- Vicky Lebeau, Professor of English, University of Sussex 'Martin Murray talks 'about Lacan' in a way that nobody has before: he explains in crystal clear, easily understandable language not just what the notoriously opaque Lacan's ideas were 'about', but also the various shaping forces -- personal, historical, cultural, ideological, artistic' -- Jonathan Gil Harris, Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of English, Ashoka University

'This book deserves a space on the shelves of even those who have already amassed a significant number of introductions to Lacanian thought ... Essential' -- CHOICE 'With extraordinary intellectual generosity (and some humour), he forges a form of psychoanalytic sensibility that is vitalised, not exhausted, by the dazzle and difficulty of its subject' -- Vicky Lebeau, Professor of English, University of Sussex 'Martin Murray talks 'about Lacan' in a way that nobody has before: he explains in crystal clear, easily understandable language not just what the notoriously opaque Lacan's ideas were 'about', but also the various shaping forces -- personal, historical, cultural, ideological, artistic' -- Jonathan Gil Harris, Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of English, Ashoka University

'Martin Murray talks 'about Lacan' in a way that nobody has before: he explains in crystal clear, easily understandable language not just what the notoriously opaque Lacan's ideas were 'about', but also the various shaping forces -- personal, historical, cultural, ideological, artistic' -- Jonathan Gil Harris, Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of English, Ashoka University 'With extraordinary intellectual generosity (and some humour), he forges a form of psychoanalytic sensibility that is vitalised, not exhausted, by the dazzle and difficulty of its subject' -- Vicky Lebeau, Professor of English, University of Sussex 'This book deserves a space on the shelves of even those who have already amassed a significant number of introductions to Lacanian thought ... Essential' -- CHOICE

Martin Murray talks about Lacan in a way that nobody has before: he explains in crystal clear, easily understandable language not just what the notoriously opaque Lacan's ideas were about, but also the various shaping forces -- personal, historical, cultural, ideological, artistic -- that were about Lacan and contributed to his thought and practice. This is a book we have needed for a long, long time. -- Jonathan Gil Harris, Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of English, Ashoka University Martin Murray has found ways to think both with and about Jacques Lacan. With extraordinary intellectual generosity (and some humour), he forges a form of psychoanalytic sensibility that is vitalized, not exhausted, by the dazzle and difficulty of its subject. This book is unique in its approach to 'introducing' Lacan: slowly, patiently and variously, it stays with us in the mayhem of Lacan's innovations in psychoanalysis - and supports us in the ongoing work of making a 'sort of sense' from it. -- Vicky Lebeau, Professor of English, University of Sussex

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Martin Murray is the Head of Creative Industries in the School of Computing and Digital Media. at London Metropolitan University. He is the author of Jacques Lacan: A Critical Introduction (Pluto, 2015).

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