Table of Contents

Prologue. To fabricate man so that he resembles man: The question of images and the reproduction of humanity Chapter 1. The constitutive alienation of the subject: Prolegomena to every theory of the image Chapter 2. The relational nature of identity and society: Remarks on the deployment of the mythological function Aside Chapter 3. ‘Id efficit, quod figurat’ (The efficient is the symbol): Social constitution of the word and the normative emergence of images Conclusion. The link of the image: link to the foundations of the image

About the Author

Pierre Legendre is Emeritus Professor at the University of Paris 1, and Honorary Research Director at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes.