Jacques Lacan and the Logic of Structure

Ellie Ragland is Professor of English and Honorary French Professor as well as Frederick A. Middlebush Chair at the University of Missouri where she teaches psychoanalytic theory and world literature. She is author of seven authored and edited books on Lacanian psychoanalysis. She is a practicing psychoanalyst and is a member of the New Lacanian School and the World Association of Psychoanalysis.

• Introduction to Jacques Lacan and the Logic of Structure: Structures and Language in Psychoanalysis. The Logic of Structure of the Subject. Some Reflections on Lacan’s Theory of Discourse Structures as Set Out in. "To Jakobson". The Structure of Lacan’s Object a. The Structure of the Drives: Where Body and Mind Join. The Topological Dimension of Lacanian Optics. The Practice of the Letter and Topological Structure. Kant’s Religion Within The Limits of Reason Alone Compared to Lacan’s Seminar VII:The Ethics of Psychoanalysis. Conclusion.

"This book illuminates the meaning of structure in the work of Jacques Lacan. A detailed study, it offers a reassessment of Lacan’s structuralism in the context of Lacan’s later work, thereby raising the question of structure in the context of topology and logic. It’s a fascinating study which even the most dedicated reader of Lacan will learn from." - Russell Grigg, Deakin University, Australia"Ellie Ragland portrays a distinctive understanding of Lacan’s oeuvre, navigating her elaborations through his structural period, and beyond. Her singular style, founded on the North American context, envelops a unique abstraction of Lacanian ideas." - Natalie Wülfing, psychoanalyst, member of the World Association of Psychoanalysis, lecturer at the MA Psychoanalysis, Kingston University, UK