Discourse Ontology

Christos Tombras is a supervising psychoanalyst with a Lacanian orientation, practicing in London, UK. Dr. Tombras is a member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research, UK, and lectures, runs workshops and facilitates reading groups. His main research interest is in a dialogue between continental philosophy and psychoanalysis. He has published in both English and Greek.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Heidegger’s question of being.- Chapter 3: A critique of science and psychoanalysis.- Chapter 4: Back to Freud, and beyond.- Chapter 5: Lacanian metapsychology.- Chapter 6: An Ontology from Discourse.- Chapter 7: Conclusion: Psychoanalysis as a cause.

“This novel and ambitious book is the result of decades of commitment to the study of Freud, Heidegger, and Lacan. … This book leaves room for further research at the interface between ontology and psychoanalysis and between Heidegger and Lacan.” (Andrew Hodgkiss, Theory & Psychology, Vol. 32 (3), 2022)