'not even semblance': Exploring the interruption of identification with Lacan

Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 379-393

  Hoedemaekers, Casper ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Failure; Identity; Interruption; Lacan; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952399619     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508410363122     Document Type: Article

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