The Autistic Subject: On the Threshold of Language 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Brenner, Leon S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030507149 ISBN-13: 9783030507145 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $132.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis - Psychology | Developmental - General - Philosophy | Mind & Body |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.29 lbs) 292 pages |
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Publisher Description: This book presents a theory of autistic subjectivity from a Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective. Dr. Brenner describes autism as a singular mode of being that is fundamentally linked to one's identity and basic practices of existence, offering a rigorous alternative to treating autism as a mental or physical disorder. Drawing on Freud and Lacan's psychoanalytic understanding of the subject, Brenner outlines the unique features of the autistic subjective structure and provides a comprehensive synthesis of contemporary work on the psychoanalysis of autism. The book examines research by theorists including Jean-Claude Maleval, ric Laurent, Rosine and Robert Lefort that has been largely unavailable to Anglophone audiences until now. In this book autism is posited to be a singular subjective structure not reducible to neurosis or psychosis. In accordance with the Lacanian approach, autism is examined with detailed attention to the subject's use of language, culminating in Brenner's "autistic linguistic spectrum." A compelling read for students and scholars of psychoanalysis and autism researchers and clinicians. |