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A survey of Western accounts of "Oriental despotism" in the 17th and 18th centuries, focusing particularly on portrayals of the Ottoman empire and the supposedly enigmatic structure of the despot's court - the seraglio - with its viziers, dwarfs, mutes, eunuchs and countless wives.

Jacques Lacan developed his ideas in dialogue with major European thought and art. Yet what if there is another frame of reference which influenced his thinking and is crucial to its proper understanding? This book focuses on Lacan's "silent partners," those who provide a key to Lacanian theory and discusses his work.