Calum Neill

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Calum Neill is Professor of Psychoanalysis and Continental Philosophy at Edinburgh Napier University [1] in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is editor of the Palgrave Lacan Series [2] and the author of Without Ground: Lacanian Ethics and the Assumption of Subjectivity [3] , Ethics and Psychology: Beyond Codes of Practice [4] and Jacques Lacan: The Basics. Along with Derek Hook and Stijn Vanhuele, he edited the four volumes of Reading Lacan's Ecrits. [5]

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References

  1. "Calum Neill". Napier. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  2. "The Palgrave Lacan Series | Calum Neill | Springer". www.palgrave.com. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  3. Hook, Derek (2015-03-12). "Without ground: Lacanian ethics and the assumption of subjectivity". Psychodynamic Practice. 21 (2): 181–184. doi:10.1080/14753634.2015.1016649. ISSN   1475-3634.
  4. Neill, Calum (2016-05-12). Ethics and Psychology (1st ed.). Routledge. ISBN   9780415686693.
  5. "Reading Lacan's Écrits: From 'Signification of the Phallus' to 'Metaphor of the Subject': 1st Edition (Paperback) - Routledge". Routledge.com. 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2018-10-23.