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If I'm just starting with Lacan, is reading The Subversion of the Subject and Dialect of Desire appropriate?

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Yes, I think so -- provided you have some assistance. Check out our lecture series on the essay. I designed it to serve as an intro to Lacan's thought.

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Jul 14Liked by Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick

L’Étourdit was a hard read but your presentations made it much easier.

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Thanks, Rachel! Your contributions to our Friday discussions were piercing and insightful as ever. So glad you were in the mix for our study of this difficult essay!

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Jul 12Liked by Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick

Which translation did you use to read this??

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We read the bilingual, tri-translated version available here: https://freud2lacan.b-cdn.net/L'ETOURDIT-final.pdf

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