Birth of the Other

Originally published as Naissance de l' Autre (1980), Birth

        of the Other offers a rare look at language acquisition from a Lacanian

        perspective. In 1951-52 Rosine Lefort conducted the treatment of two largely

        preverbal children, guiding them through psychoanalysis and meticulously

        documenting their activities. Lefort has applied her subsequent training

        in Lacanian theory to these early case notes, which provide remarkably

        lucid examples of exceedingly difficult concepts.

      This exceptional work thus clarifies many misconceptions about psychoanalytic

        theory, furnishes unique insight into what Lacan calls the "time

        of analysis," and grants a clearer understanding of the relationship

        between language and the unconscious.

      "Anyone interested in

        Lacan's psychoanalytical theories should not fail to read these revealing

        clinical studies by one of Lacan's most authoritative and lucid interpreters."

        -- Herman Rapaport, author of Between the Sign and the Gaze