Is a Purloined Letter Just Writing? Burrowing in the Lacan-Derrida Archive
Starting from a recent book on Derrida and psychoanalysis, I return to the controversy between Lacan and Derrida in the 1970s. Its focus was the letter as interpreted by Lacan in a commentary of Poe’s “Purloined Letter”. While agreeing with some of Derrida’s objections, I conclude that Lacan makes s...
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MDPI AG
2023-12-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/12/6/146 |