Lacan and Cassirer : An Essay on Symbolisation

The Neo-kantian Philosopher Cassirer And The Psychoanalyst Lacan Are Two Key Figures In The So-called Medial Turn In Philosophy: The Notion That Any Form Of Access To Reality Is Mediated By Symbols (images, Words, Signifiers). This Explains Why The Theories Of Both Philosophers Merit A Description In Their Own Unique Idioms, As Well As Having Their Respective Basic Tenets Compared. It Will Be Argued That, Rather Surprisingly, These Tenets Turn Out Be Complementary - Actually Correcting Each Other - Based On Their Shared Notion Of Man As An Animal Symbolicum. Its Fruitfulness Will Be Substantiated For A Limited Number Of Topics Within The Humanities: Perception, Language, Politics And Ethics, And Mental Disorder, All To Be Considered From This Perspective-- An Outline Of The Human Condition -- Cassirer -- Lacan -- Variations On The Theme Of Symbolisation. By Antoine Mooij ; Translated By Peter Van Nieuwkoop. Translated From The Dutch. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.