Jacques Lacan | |
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| Born | 13 April 1901 Paris, France |
| Died | 9 September 1981 (aged 80) Paris, France |
| Education | University of Paris (SpDip, 1931;[2] MD, 1932) |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Psychoanalysis Structuralism Post-structuralism[1] |
| Institutions | University of Paris VIII |
Main interests | Psychoanalysis |
Notable ideas | Mirror phase The Real The Symbolic The Imaginary Graph of desire Split subject Objet petit a |
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Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (UK: /læˈkɒ̃/,[3] US: /ləˈkɑːn/ lə-KAHN;[4][5] French: [ʒak maʁi emil lakɑ̃]; 13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud",[6] Lacan gave yearly seminars in Paris, from 1953 to 1981, and published papers that were later collected in the book Écrits. Transcriptions of his seminars, given between 1954 and 1976, were also published.[7] His work made a significant impact on continental philosophy and cultural theory in areas such as post-structuralism, critical theory, feminist theory and film theory, as well as on the practice of psychoanalysis itself.
Lacan took up and discussed the whole range of Freudian concepts, emphasizing the philosophical dimension of Freud's thought and applying concepts derived from structuralism in linguistics and anthropology to its development in his own work, which he would further augment by employing formulae from predicate logic and topology. Taking this new direction, and introducing controversial innovations in clinical practice, led to expulsion for Lacan and his followers from the International Psychoanalytic Association.[8] In consequence, Lacan went on to establish new psychoanalytic institutions to promote and develop his work, which he declared to be a "return to Freud", in opposition to prevalent trends in psychology and institutional psychoanalysis collusive of adaptation to social norms.
- ^ Yannis Stavrakakis, Lacan and the Political, Routledge, 2002, p. 13: "Lacan has been hailed as one of the cornerstones of this movement [poststructuralism]..."
- ^ Michael P. Clark, Jacques Lacan (Volume I): An Annotated Bibliography, Routledge, 2014, p. xviii: "After completing his studies at the Faculté de médecine de Paris, Lacan began his residence at the Hôpital Saint-Anne in Paris. There he specialized in psychiatry under the direction of Gaétan Gatian de Clérambault... From 1928–1929, Lacan studied at the Infirmerie Spéciale pres de la Préfecture de Police and received a Diplôme de médecin légiste (specialist in legal medicine) after working at the Hôpital Henri Rousselle from 1929 to 1931. In 1932, after a second year at Saint Anne's Clinique de Maladies Mentales et de l'Encéphale, Lacan received the Doctorat d'état in psychiatry and published his thesis, De la Psychose paranoïaque dans ses rapports avec la personnalité..."
- ^ "Lacan, Jacques". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021.
- ^ "Lacan, Jacques". Lexico UK English Dictionary US English Dictionary. Oxford University Press.[permanent dead link][dead link]
- ^ "Lacan" Archived 3 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
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- ^ Bowie, Malcolm, Lacan, London: Fontana, 1991. p. 45