I've been interested in Bracher's work for the past decade. He is a Lacanian (more or less) in the field of educational pedagogy. In this book he clearly makes a strong case for a type of pedagogy that strengthens students' identity as opposed to merely feeding them information and getting them to rehash it on a test. He is philosophically opposed to mainstream pedagogical theories and argues convincingly for a psychoanalytic based teaching method. If you understand or are in any way familiar with Lacan's 4 discourses, you will be happy to know that Bracher bases his pedagogy on this outline. A fascinating and well written book. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in educational studies particularly pedagogical studies, or have an interest generally in the work of Jacques Lacan. ( )