Lacan And Chan Buddhist Thought Av Raul (Training Analyst Lacanian School Of Psychoanalysis California Usa) Moncayo, Yang Yu

<P><EM>Lacan and Chan Buddhist Thought</EM> provides a close reading of how Lacan mobilizes concepts from Chan Buddhist philosophy, culture, and practice in his later teachings. </P><P>The book emerged from the three co-authors¿ engagement with Lacan¿s 1962¿1963 Seminar on Anxiety, and the significance of Lacan¿s original interpretation of the Buddhist principle that desire is the cause of suffering. The book reads key Lacanian concepts ¿ such as the <I>objet a</I>, jouissance, the real, Nirvana, and the mirror ¿ through ancient Buddhist teachings and koans. With this focused exploration of psychoanalysis and Chan Buddhism, the authors offer a philosophically grounded cross-cultural approach to the theory and practice of psychoanalysis in Asian countries. </P><I><P>Lacan and Chan Buddhist Thought</I> will be a rich resource for psychoanalysts, academics, and students interested in Lacan and religion, the intellectual and cultural relationship between Asian and Western thought, and Maha