From the Conscious Interior to an Exterior Unconscious
Lacan, Discourse Analysis and Social Psychology
David Pavon Cuellar author Ian Parker editor Danielle Carlo editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:31st Dec '10
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This book provides an insightful examination of Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytical terminology, revealing its incompatibility with traditional psychology. From the Conscious Interior to an Exterior Unconscious challenges established theoretical frameworks.
In From the Conscious Interior to an Exterior Unconscious, David Pavon Cuellar explores the complexities of Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytical terminology, emphasizing that it cannot be seamlessly integrated into conventional psychological frameworks. The book serves as a bridge connecting discourse analytical discussions in social psychology with the broader social-theoretical extensions of discourse theory. Cuellar's work presents a critical examination of contemporary psychological abstractions while reassessing the longstanding dichotomy between psychology and psychoanalysis.
The author meticulously defines and elucidates key Lacanian concepts, demonstrating their practical application through a concrete discourse analysis of an interview with members of the Mexican underground Popular Revolutionary Forces (EPR). By juxtaposing Lacanian concepts with their psychological counterparts, the text reveals profound incompatibilities that challenge the validity of current psychological terminology. Cuellar's discourse is not only a critique but also an invitation to reconsider the theoretical positions that have traditionally competed with Lacanian ideas, including semiology, Marxism, and phenomenology.
Each chapter delves into the contributions of classical theorists such as Barthes, Bakhtin, and Derrida, while maintaining a sustained dialogue with Lacanian theorists like Miller and Zizek. The extensive notes throughout the book provide a systematic reappraisal of social psychology debates, particularly in the discursive and critical domains that have integrated psychoanalytic elements. In doing so, From the Conscious Interior to an Exterior Unconscious offers a unique perspective on the intersections of language, discourse, and psychoanalysis.
'Pavon Cuellar not only rejuvenates the field of discourse analysis, he completely redefines it, opening it up via the multiple conceptual resources available within Lacanian psychoanalysis. More than a primer to a new form of discourse analysis, this text functions as a handbook for critical qualitative methodology more generally, and as a source book for the analytical potential for combining social psychology and Lacanian thought.'- Derek Hook, Social Psychology, London School of Economics, UK'David Pavon Cuellar's thorough and uncompromising book on Lacan, discourse analysis, and social psychology should open up new paths in discourse analysis for those with a psychoanalytic interest or those who profess such an interest. Discursive psychology is a very smart field, and this is an enormously significant contribution to its continued innovation in the future.'- Kareen Ror Malone, Professor, University of West Georgia, Member, Apres Coup, New York, USA'David Pavon Cuellar's From the Conscious Interior to an Exterior Unconscious will be invaluable for anyone interested in the relation between Lacanian psychoanalysis, discourse analysis and contemporary psychology. It gives a scholarly and in-depth interpretation of Lacanian key-concepts, while at the same time reframing Lacan's clinical ideas such that they become instruments for detailed critical text analysis.'- Stijn Vanheule, Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical Consulting, Ghent University, Belgium'I would argue that this book offers an exceptionally systematic and clear presentation of Lacan's work, a thorough engagement from a Lacanian perspective with dominant theories in psychology and the social sciences and a scholarly proposal for an approach to discourse analysis deriving from Lacanian theory. I think that it constitutes a landmark in the field of psychoanalytically inspired discursive approaches and should be read by everyone working or interested in this field.'- Eugenie Georgaca, Department of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
ISBN: 9781855757943
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392 pages