Jean Laplanche

Jean Laplanche
Born21 June 1924
Paris, France
Died6 May 2012 (age 87)
Beaune, France
NationalityFrench
Scientific career
FieldsPsychoanalysis, viticulture

Jean Laplanche (French: [laplɑ̃ʃ]; 21 June 1924 – 6 May 2012) was a French author, psychoanalyst and winemaker. Laplanche is best known for his work on psychosexual development and Sigmund Freud's seduction theory, and wrote more than a dozen books on psychoanalytic theory. The journal Radical Philosophy described him as "the most original and philosophically informed psychoanalytic theorist of his day."[1]

From 1988 to his death, Laplanche was the scientific director of the German to French translation of Freud's complete works (Oeuvres Complètes de Freud / Psychanalyse – OCF.P) in the Presses Universitaires de France, in association with André Bourguignon, Pierre Cotet and François Robert.[2]

  1. ^ Fletcher and Osborne
  2. ^ Roudinesco, Élisabeth. "Mort du psychanalyste Jean Laplanche" (in French). Le Monde. Retrieved 7 May 2012.