Charles Shepherdson sa zameriava na literárnu a kultúrnu teóriu s dôrazom na psychoanalýzu, súčasnú kontinentálnu filozofiu a intelektuálnu históriu 19. storočia. Jeho práca sa ponára do hlbín ľudskej psychiky a filozofických prúdov, pričom zdôrazňuje prepojenie týchto oblastí s literárnymi dielami. Shepherdsonove prednášky pokrývajú široké spektrum od britskej romantickej poézie po antické grécke drámy a filozofiu, čo odráža jeho všestranný záujem o literárne a myšlienkové dedičstvo.
Weaves together three themes at the intersection of Jacques Lacan and the philosophical tradition. This book also aims to explore, beyond the strict limits of Lacanian theory, possible points of intersection between psychoanalysis and other domains, including questions of race, biology, and evolutionary theory.
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