Discourse and the master's lining: a Lacanian critique of the globalizing (bio)politics of the diagnostic and statistical manual
This chapter outlines the different conceptualisations of 'discourse' in the work of Foucault and Lacan. If Foucault's understanding has been much more influential in academic approaches such as Discourse Analysis, the links between Lacan's notion of discourse and the ethical sta...
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| description | This chapter outlines the different conceptualisations of 'discourse' in the work of Foucault and Lacan. If Foucault's understanding has been much more influential in academic approaches such as Discourse Analysis, the links between Lacan's notion of discourse and the ethical stakes foregrounded by the clinic are, it is argued, potentially more useful to the politics of critique. This claim is explored through a Lacanian interpretation of the psychiatric 'bible', the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, as a 'discourse' that fits what Lacan identified as the 'discourse of the capitalist'. |
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| spelling | nottingham-455492020-05-04T17:15:09Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45549/ Discourse and the master's lining: a Lacanian critique of the globalizing (bio)politics of the diagnostic and statistical manual Wright, Colin This chapter outlines the different conceptualisations of 'discourse' in the work of Foucault and Lacan. If Foucault's understanding has been much more influential in academic approaches such as Discourse Analysis, the links between Lacan's notion of discourse and the ethical stakes foregrounded by the clinic are, it is argued, potentially more useful to the politics of critique. This claim is explored through a Lacanian interpretation of the psychiatric 'bible', the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, as a 'discourse' that fits what Lacan identified as the 'discourse of the capitalist'. Routledge Tomšič, Samo Zevnik, Andreja 2015-08-14 Book Section PeerReviewed Wright, Colin (2015) Discourse and the master's lining: a Lacanian critique of the globalizing (bio)politics of the diagnostic and statistical manual. In: Jacques Lacan: between psychoanalysis and politics. Interventions . Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 130-145. ISBN 9780415724326 Lacan Foucault Discourse Diagnostic and Statistical Manual https://www.routledge.com/Jacques-Lacan-Between-Psychoanalysis-and-Politics/Tomsic-Zevnik/p/book/9780415724333 |
| spellingShingle | Lacan Foucault Discourse Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Wright, Colin Discourse and the master's lining: a Lacanian critique of the globalizing (bio)politics of the diagnostic and statistical manual |
| title | Discourse and the master's lining: a Lacanian critique of the globalizing (bio)politics of the diagnostic and statistical manual |
| title_full | Discourse and the master's lining: a Lacanian critique of the globalizing (bio)politics of the diagnostic and statistical manual |
| title_fullStr | Discourse and the master's lining: a Lacanian critique of the globalizing (bio)politics of the diagnostic and statistical manual |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discourse and the master's lining: a Lacanian critique of the globalizing (bio)politics of the diagnostic and statistical manual |
| title_short | Discourse and the master's lining: a Lacanian critique of the globalizing (bio)politics of the diagnostic and statistical manual |
| title_sort | discourse and the master's lining: a lacanian critique of the globalizing (bio)politics of the diagnostic and statistical manual |
| topic | Lacan Foucault Discourse Diagnostic and Statistical Manual |
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