Materialism in Lacan

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Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, vol. 7, no. 1, 2011, pp. 155-166.

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1. s, , s. k The Sublime Object of Ideology, L nw Yk, V, 1989; a. Jieks Ontology : A Transcendental Materialist Theory of Subjectivity, ev, nw uvy P2008.


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2. s. k, The Parallax View, cmbg M., Mit P, 2006, p. 200-252.


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6. J. L, Ecrits, . B k, nw Yk, W. W. n, 2006, p. 94-101.7. Jq al-Mll m lly vlp p lg g l La Suture

c p Lly 1, P, W 1966.8. L, Ecrits, p. 76.9. L, Ecrits, p. 78.


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11. J. L, The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book 3 1955-1956 :The Psychoses, . rll Ggg, nw Yk,rlg, p. 81.


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12. L, The Psychoses, p. 13.13. L, The Psychoses, p. 13.14. L, The Psychoses, p. 13.15. L, The Psychoses, p. 13.


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21. G. hm, Prince of Networks : Bruno Latour and Metaphysics, Mlb : r-p, 2009, p. 151-233.22. s J. d, The Postcard : From Socrates to Freud and Beyond, cg, cg uvy P, 1987,

p. 411-497; J-L. ny P. L-Lb, The Title of the Letter : A Reading of Lacan, alby nY :sunY P, 1992.

23. J. L, The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book 23 : Le Sinthome, . Lk t (pbl m-p).


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BiBLioGraPhY

s. a, What Does a Woman Want?nw Yk, o P, 1999.J. d, The Postcard : From Socrates to Freud and Beyond, cg, cg uvy

P, 1987.G. hm, Prince of Networks : Bruno Latour and Metaphysics, Mlb, .p, 2009.

J. L, Ecrits, . B k, nw Yk, W.W.n, 2006.J. L, The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book 3 1955-1956 :The Psychoses, . rll

Ggg, nw Yk, rlg, 1993.J. L, J. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book 23 : Le Sinthome, . Lk t(pbl mp).

a. J, ieks Ontology : A Transcendental Materialist Theory of Subjectivity, ev,nw uvy P 2008.

J-L.ny P.L-Lb, The Title of the Letter : A Reading of Lacan, alby,sunY P, 1992.

26. hm, Prince of Networks.27. s, pl, Q. Mllx After Finitude : An Essay on the Necessity of Contingency, cm,

L, 2008.


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Q. Mllx,After Finitude : An Essay on the Necessity of Contingency, cm, L,2008.

J. a. Mll, La Suturec p laly 1, P, W 1966.d. nb, Jacques Lacan and the Freudian Practise of Psychoanalysis, L, rlg,

2000.s. k The Sublime Object of Ideology, L, V, 1989.s. k, Enjoy your Symptom!, 2 .,L, rlg, 2008.s. k, The Parallax View, cmbg M., Mit P, 2006.

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