
The Autistic Subject
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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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"Contemporary studies of autism strongly rely on cognitive and neurobiological approaches. This comprehensive and comprehensible book demonstrates that Lacanian psychoanalysis provides a viable alternative. Brenner discusses multiple works that are only available in French, thus opening up perspectives that are not well understood in the English-speaking world."(Stijn Vanheule, author of The Subject of Psychosis: A Lacanian Perspective (2011))
"It is no exaggeration to say that The Autistic Subject is a groundbreaking contribution to the study of autism. Brenner's clear and well-written account, based on Lacan, is both refreshingly new and creatively original."
(Russell Grigg, author of Lacan, Language, and Philosophy (2009))
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