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Lacan the Charlatan

By: Peter D. Mathews

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This book sets out to determine the validity of an accusation made against Jacques Lacan by Noam Chomsky in an interview in 1989. He stated that Lacan was a “charlatan” – not that his ideas were flawed or wrong, but that his entire discourse was fraudulent, an accusation that has since been repeated by many other critics. Examining the arguments of key anti-Lacanian critics, Mathews weighs and contextualizes the legitimacy of Lacan’s engagements with structural linguistics, mathematical formalization, science, ethics, Hegelian dialectics, and psychoanalysis. The guiding thread is Lacan’s own recurrent interrogation of authority, which inhabits an ambiguous zone between mastery and charlatanry. This book offers a novel contribution to the field for students and scholars of psychoanalysis, philosophy, sociology, critical and literary theory.

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3030452042

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English Magic and Imperial Madness

The Anti-Colonial Politics of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

By: Peter D. Mathews

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English Magic and Imperial Madness

The Anti-Colonial Politics of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

By: Peter D. Mathews

Regency England was a pivotal time of political uncertainty, with a changing monarchy, the Napoleonic Wars, and a population explosion in London. In Susanna Clarke's fantasy novel Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, the era is also witness to the unexpected return of magic. Locating the consequences of this eruption of magical unreason within the context of England's imperial history, this study examines Merlin and his legacy, the roles of magicians throughout history, the mythology of disenchantment, the racism at work in the character of Stephen Black, the meaning behind the fantasy of magic's return, and the Englishness of English magic itself. Looking at the larger historical context of magic and its links to colonialism, the book offers both a fuller understanding of the ethical visions underlying Clarke's groundbreaking novel of madness intertwined with magic, while challenging readers to rethink connections among national identity, rationality, and power.

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1476686270

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English Magic and Imperial Madness

The Anti-Colonial Politics of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

By: Peter D. Mathews

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The Anti-Colonial Politics of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

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Lacan the Charlatan

Lacan the Charlatan

English Magic and Imperial Madness

English Magic and Imperial Madness

English Magic and Imperial Madness

English Magic and Imperial Madness

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