Authors:
- Opens up a dialogue between Martin Heidegger’s philosophy of being and Jacques Lacan’s post-Freudian metapsychology
- Reveals Lacan's rupture with traditional philosophy and how it builds on Heidegger's critique
- Describes the ontological recursive construction of a shared ontic world
Part of the book series: The Palgrave Lacan Series (PALS)
Buy it now
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check for access.
Table of contents (7 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Back Matter
About this book
This book is informed by the terminology, insights, concepts, hypotheses, and conclusions of both thinkers. It discusses time and the body in jouissance; the emergence of the divided subject and signifierness; truth, agency and the event; and being and mathematical formalisation. Tombras describes the ontological recursive construction of a shared ontic world and discusses the limits and historicity of this world.
Reviews
“Alongside this effort to construct a clear and coherent thesis Tombras equally acknowledges various points of discordance between Heidegger and Lacan, yet attempts a reconciliation through reference to Heidegger’s notion of a 'circle of understanding', as a means of generating a coherent synthesis that serves to usher in the galvanising notion of a discourse ontology. ...The scope and range of this book is impressive and goes far to set out the main precepts for a serious dialogue between these seminal figures. I am sure this book will stand the test of time.” (Gwion Jones JCFAR 30)
Authors and Affiliations
-
London, UK
Christos Tombras
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Discourse Ontology
Book Subtitle: Body and the Construction of a World, from Heidegger through Lacan
Authors: Christos Tombras
Series Title: The Palgrave Lacan Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13662-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13661-1Published: 16 May 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13664-2Published: 04 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-13662-8Published: 23 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2946-4196
Series E-ISSN: 2946-420X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 232
Topics: Self and Identity, Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Existential approach, Ontology, Philosophy of Mind