Lacan's May '68: Analysing the Institution in the Wake of the University Discourse
(2019)
Book Chapter
Wright, C. (in press). Lacan's May '68: Analysing the Institution in the Wake of the University Discourse. In A. Vidal, K. Shingler, & A. Sharman (Eds.), Other ‘68s: Lineages and Legacies of May ‘68
This chapter tracks the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan’s evolving position on the French experi-ence of May 1968. Lacanian notions around structure and desire were clearly at play in the run up to the May events and initially Lacan was supportive of bot... Read More about Lacan's May '68: Analysing the Institution in the Wake of the University Discourse.