{"product_id":"lacan-at-the-scene-henry-bond-9780262518086","title":"Lacan at the Scene","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Lacanian approach to murder scene investigation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if Jacques Lacan--the brilliant and eccentric Parisian psychoanalyst--had worked as a police detective, applying his theories to solve crimes? This may conjure up a mental film clip starring Peter Sellers in a trench coat, but in\u003ci\u003e Lacan at the Scene, \u003c\/i\u003e Henry Bond makes a serious and provocative claim: that apparently impenetrable events of violent death can be more effectively unraveled with Lacan's theory of psychoanalysis than with elaborate, technologically advanced forensic tools. Bond's exposition on murder expands and develops a resolutely Zizekian approach. Seeking out radical and unexpected readings, Bond unpacks his material utilizing Lacan's neurosis-psychosis-perversion grid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBond places Lacan at the crime scene and builds his argument through a series of archival crime scene photographs from the 1950s--the period when Lacan was developing his influential theories. It is not the horror of the ravished and mutilated corpses that draws his attention; instead, he interrogates seemingly minor details from the everyday, isolating and rephotographing what at first seems insignificant: a single high heeled shoe on a kitchen table, for example, or carefully folded clothes placed over a chair. From these mundane details he carefully builds a robust and comprehensive manual for Lacanian crime investigation that can stand beside the FBI's standard-issue\u003ci\u003e Crime Classification Manual.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Bond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262518082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262518086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.76h x 6.80w x 0.80d","brand":"Henry Bond","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056711856383,"sku":"9780262518086","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a7ae9dc-c725-4212-a4c8-3899112f5051.jpg?v=1685042834","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lacan-at-the-scene-henry-bond-9780262518086","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}