Intro
Acknowledgments
Praise for Lacan the Charlatan
Contents
1: Introduction
A Genealogy of the Charlatan Label
The Turn Against Psychoanalytic Authority
Two Untenable Modes of Mastery
The Work of Critical Sacrilege
Lacan's Accusers
References
2: Lacan the Linguistic Charlatan
Linguistic Idealism
The Place of Saussure
Regimes of Truth
Diversion and Strategy
From the Symbolic to the Real
References
3: Lacan the Mathematical Charlatan
Mathematical Charlatanry
The Place of the Matheme
'That Was Not Done'
Enjoy Your Enlightenment!

Mathematics and Mastery
References
4: Lacan the Scientific Charlatan
A Confession of Faith
The Sticky Branch
Repressed Power
Knowledge and Enjoyment
References
5: Lacan the Ethical Charlatan
A Tale of Two Books
The End of Shame
The Man of Pleasure
Utilitarian Fictions
Sham Jouissance
References
6: Lacan the Absolute Charlatan
The Unwitting Puppet
Three Puppet Masters
From Ancient to Modern
Playing the Master
References
7: Lacan the Master Charlatan
The Fatal Flaw
The Transference Trap
Irony and the Master's Writing

The Meta-Charlatan
References
References
Index