Freud as philosopher metapsychology after Lacan

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-321) and index.

Introduction: Returning to Metapsychology -- Ch. 1. Toward the Unthought Ground of Thought. Monet's Pursuit of the "Enveloppe" The World of the Water Lilies. The Class of 1890: James, Bergson, and Nietzsche. Gestalt Psychology and Phenomenology. Heidegger: The Disposition of Being. The Gestaitist Ontology of Merleau-Ponty. The Unthought Ground of Thought in the Freudian Unconscious -- Ch. 2. Between the Image and the Word. In the Shadow of the Image. The Unconscious Play of the Signifier. From Image to Sign. The Ratman's Phantasy. The Specimen Dream of Psychoanalysis. In the Navel of the Dream. The Dream's Solution. Circulation in the Psychical Apparatus. The Metaphoric and Metonymic Poles -- Ch. 3. The Freudian Dialectic. The Formative Power of the Image. Imaginary Alienation. Aggressivity and the Death Drive. The Agency of Death in the Signifier. Language Acquisition and the Oedipus Complex. Psychoanalysis and the Theory of Sacrifice.

Toward a Lacanian Theory of Sacrifice -- Ch. 4. The Freudian Thing. A Love Triangle. The Thing about the Other. Thing or No-thing. Speaking of the Thing. Freud avec Jakobson -- Ch. 5. Figurations of the Object a. The Object-Cause of Desire. "You don't love me ... you just don't give a shit." Between the Look and the Gaze. Why One and One Make Four. How the Real World Became a Phantasy.