The book discusses the importance of Marx's critique of political economy in Lac
an's attempt to rethink the political and philosophical legacy of Freudian psych
oanalysis. By situating Marx in the broader context of Lacan's teaching it highl
ights the ongoing importance of the capacity of psychoanalysis to reaffirm a dia
lectical and materialist thinking in philosophy and beyond. Lacan presents an un
orthodox image of Marx, linking his critique of capitalism with the fundamental
concepts of psychoanalysis, the Freudian "labour theory of the unconscious" and
emancipatory politics, showing that psychoanalysis, structuralism and critique o
f political economy participate in the same movement of thought, which revolutio
nized the human sciences and whose relevance remains intact even today.
