Introduction - Traduttore emendatore: The role of translation and interpretation in exegetical renewal -- 1. Lacan's Theories on Narcissism and the Ego -- 2. "Foreclosure," or the Origin of the Psychoses -- 3. Lacan's Concept of the Death Drive -- 4. Causes of Illness and the Human Body -- 5. Lacan and the Ethics of Desire -- 6. The Paternal Metaphor