Mark Bracher
Mark Bracher, PhD, is Professor of the Department of English, and Director of the Center for Literature and Psychoanalysis, Kent State University, Ohio. He is the Founding Editor of Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society and author of numerous books and articles.
Lacanian Theory of Discourse: Subject, Structure and Society
Now available in paperback, this collection introduces and develops Lacanian thought concerning the relations among language, subjectivity and society, and how language both interacts with and... (more)
Radical Pedagogy: Identity, Generativity, and Social Transformation
Drawing on recent research in psychoanalysis, social psychology, and cognitive science, "Radical Pedagogy" articulates a new theory of identity that explains how developing students' identities is a... (more)
Social Symptoms of Identity Needs: Why We Have Failed to Solve Our Social Problems and What to do About It
Explains how our major social problems, including crime, violence, terrorism, war, substance abuse, and prejudice, are the result of efforts by their perpetrators to maintain a secure identity, or... (more)
Lacan and the Subject of Language (RLE: Lacan)
Originally published in 1991, this volume tackles the diverse teachings of the great psychoanalyst and theoretician. Written by some of the leading American and European Lacanian scholars and... (more)
The Writing Cure: Psychoanalysis Composition and the Aims of Education
This work examines the intersection between, and proposes pedagogical uses of, psychoanalytic technique for writing instruction. It demonstrates how a psychoanalytic approach offers insights into the... (more)
Lacan, discourse and social change: a psychoanalytic cultural criticis
Proposes a method of cultural criticism that is based on the principles of psychoanalytic treatment and which aims to alter subjectivity and behaviour, drawing on Lacan's theoretical insights. (more)