Bruce Fink elaborates on the fundamentally new aspects of Jacques Lacan's theory of subjectivity. The specific terms of Lacanian psychoanalysis—such as the Other, object a, the unconscious structured like a language, alienation and separation, the father metaphor, jouissance, and gender difference—acquire a tangible significance in this context. Fink also protects Lacan's psychoanalysis from the exploitation of individual aspects by contemporary poststructuralist theories and, as Slavoj Žižek states, places him "in the great tradition of modern thinkers who have explored what it means to be a subject since Descartes." With its balanced presentation, Fink's book is one of the most rewarding engagements with Lacan's theory and simultaneously offers German-speaking readers the opportunity to get to know the key translator of Lacan's works into English and one of the leading American analysts.