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This book is a close reading of Jacques Lacan's seminal essay, "The Agency of the Letter in the Unconscious or Reason Since Freud, " selected for the particular light it casts on Lacan's complex relation to linguistics, psychoanalysis, and philosophy. It clarifies the way Lacan renews or transforms the psychoanalytic field, through his diversion of Saussure's theory of the sign, his radicalization of Freud's fundamental concepts, and his subversion of dominant philosophical values. The authors argue, however, that Lacan's discourse is marked by a deep ambiguity: while he invents a new "language," he nonetheless maintains the traditional metaphysical motifs of systemacity, foundation, and truth.
"I advise you to read a book called The Title of the Letter. It is with the greatest satisfaction that I have read it. I could not encourage its distribution enough. I can say, in a way, if it is a question of reading, that I have never been read so well..." — Jacques Lacan
Translators' Preface
Foreword
Setting the Scene
A Turn of Reading
Part I The Logic of the Signifier
1. The Science of the Letter
2. Algorithm and Operation
3. The Tree of the Signifier
4. Signifiance
Part II The Strategy of the Signifier
1. Strategy
2. System and Combination
3. Truth "Homologated"
Index