The moment of concluding

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Tyrer, B. 2016. The moment of concluding. in: Out of the past: Lacan and film noir Cham Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 253-267
Chapter titleThe moment of concluding
AuthorsTyrer, B.
Abstract

The book ends where it began, with the structure and temporality of retroaction, and an interdependent relation where the past does indeed determine the present, but the present itself determines what such a past can be. I argue that the possibilities for a Lacanian approach to the cinema remain a vital resource for theoretical orientations in Film Studies, providing an alternative discourse to the Deleuzian and phenomenological traditions currently dominant in film-philosophy. While I recognise the worth of such philosophical orientations, my project demonstrates the value of a properly Lacanian understanding of the cinema: one that was overlooked in contemporary film analysis and was in fact never realised by the first psychoanalytic film theorists. I emphasise that it comes from the uniquely Lacanian contributions of this project to the understanding of film noir and point to the broader implications that such theorisation can have for the contemporary study of the cinema.

Sustainable Development Goals10 Reduced inequalities
Middlesex University ThemeHealth & Wellbeing
Page range253-267
Book titleOut of the past: Lacan and film noir
Book authorsTyrer, B.
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Place of publicationCham
SeriesThe Palgrave Lacan Series
ISBN
Hardcover9783319309415
Electronic9783319309422
Paperback9783319309422
ISSN2946-4196
Electronic2946-420X
Publication dates
Online31 Jul 2016
Print09 Aug 2016
Publication process dates
Accepted2015
Deposited11 Jan 2024
Output statusPublished
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30942-2_8
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Is part ofOut of the past: Lacan and film noir
LanguageEnglish
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