The Autistic Subject: On the Threshold of Language

Author:   Leon S. Brenner
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
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9783030507176


Pages:   292
Publication Date:   23 September 2021
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This book presents a theory of autistic subjectivity from a Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective. Dr. Brenner describes autism as a singular mode of being that is fundamentally linked to one’s identity and basic practices of existence, offering a rigorous alternative to treating autism as a mental or physical disorder. Drawing on Freud and Lacan’s psychoanalytic understanding of the subject, Brenner outlines the unique features of the autistic subjective structure and provides a comprehensive synthesis of contemporary work on the psychoanalysis of autism.  The book examines research by theorists including Jean-Claude Maleval, Éric Laurent, Rosine and Robert Lefort that has been largely unavailable to Anglophone audiences until now. In this book autism is posited to be a singular subjective structure not reducible to neurosis or psychosis. In accordance with the Lacanian approach, autism is examined with detailed attention to the subject’s use of language, culminating in Brenner’s “autistic linguistic spectrum.” A compelling read for students and scholars of psychoanalysis and autism researchers and clinicians.

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Author:   Leon S. Brenner
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   0.435kg
ISBN:  

9783030507176


ISBN 10:   3030507173
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   23 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction by Jean-Claude Maleval. Part I: Subjectivity Negativity.Chapter 1. Autism as a Mode of Being.Chapter 2. Exclusion as a Constitutive Feature of the Subject. Part II: Neurotic Repression and Psychotic Foreclosure.Chapter 3: Repression and the Neurotic Subject.Chapter 4: Foreclosure and the Psychotic Subject. Part III: The Autistic Subject.Chapter 5: Autistic Foreclosure in the Model of Repression.Chapter 6: The Object of Autistic Foreclosure.Chapter 7: The Autistic Linguistic Spectrum.Chapter 8: Autism as a Singular Subjective Structure.

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Leon S. Brenner is a research fellow at the University of Potsdam, Institute for Philosophy, Germany. His fields of interest include Lacanian psychoanalysis, philosophy of mind, contemporary French philosophy and autism research.

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