{"product_id":"the-decision-of-desire-silvia-lippi-9781517905293","title":"The Decision of Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA unique rereading of Lacan's theory of desire and its link to masochism, joy, mysticism, death, and feminine jouissance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Of all of Lacan's reconceptualizations of Freudian psychoanalytic discourse, the most misunderstood are those concerning human beings' relation to the unconscious play of desire and the neurosis stemming from their attachment to the phallic function. An interpretive tour de force that engages works by surrealists such as Andr  Breton, canonical writers like William Faulkner and James Joyce, and the philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre, Emmanuel Levinas, and Baruch Spinoza, \u003ci\u003e The Decision of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e is groundbreaking in its proposal that each of us can seek out and reimagine our relation to the infinite aporias of desire and thereby detach from its destructive, repetitive forms in favor of joy and affirmation. \u003cp\u003eProviding insight to the lay reader of psychoanalytic theory as much as to practicing psychoanalysts, \u003ci\u003eThe Decision of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold reengagement with the legacy of the notion of desire within psychoanalysis and the quandary of how to assume responsibility for desires. For if desire is always already that of the Other and the unconscious, and also a decision that escapes our consciousness of ourselves, how can we assume an ethical relation to it that avoids the vicious circle of disappointment, neurosis, and destruction? Such is the decision of desire attempted within Silvia Lippi's profound development of a contemporary psychoanalytic thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Silvia Lippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 151790529X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517905293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Silvia Lippi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941022105855,"sku":"9781517905293","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_fca88858-ff4d-4322-a03a-69f17292bc82.jpg?v=1681450466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-decision-of-desire-silvia-lippi-9781517905293","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}