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Todd McGowan, "The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

New Books in Psychoanalysis

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Desire Is Structured Around Lack

Helena asks about Lacan's claim that desire is structured around lack; Todd connects Lacan's idea to Hegel and explains sustained lack within fulfillment.

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