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[[Lacan]]'s most important theoretical contributions to [[psychoanalysis]] were presented in his [[seminar]]s.
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[[Lacan]]'s most important theoretical contributions to [[psychoanalysis]] were presented in his [[seminar]]s. In 1966, a selection of [[Lacan]]'s most important papers are published under the title ''[[Écrits]]''; fewer than one-third of them are included in the English ''[[Écrits: A Selection]]'' (1977).
 
 
In 1966, a selection of [[Lacan]]'s most important papers are published under the title ''[[Écrits]]''; fewer than one-third of them are included in the English ''[[Écrits: A Selection]]'' (1977).
 
 
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Jacques Lacan gives the opening lecture at the International James Joyce Symposiumin in Paris, 1975.

Jacques-Marie Émile Lacan (13 April 19019 September 1981) was a French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.

Lacan is one of the most important – and controversial – figures in the history of psychoanalysis whose influence had spread across a broad range of academic disciplines.


Biography

Click here for a more complete chronology of Jacques Lacan's life.

1901 - 1938
Lacan studies medicine and psychiatry and completes his doctoral thesis on paranoid psychosis. He presents a paper on the mirror stage - his first theoretical contribution to psychoanalysis - at a conference of the International Psycho-Analytical Association in Marienbad.
1938 - 1953
Lacan is a member of the Société psychanalytique de Paris until he resigns to join the Société Française de Psychanalyse.
1953 - 1963
Lacan begins his first public seminar (which he will continue to give annually until his death). Thereafter, he rises to become a renowned and controversial figure in the international psychoanalytic community.
1963 - 1980
Lacan leaves the SFP and founds his own school, the École Freudienne de Paris . Following the publication of the Écrits, there is an explosion of interest in his work in France and abroad.


Bibliography

Click here for a more complete bibliography of Jacques Lacan's work.

Lacan's most important theoretical contributions to psychoanalysis were presented in his seminars. In 1966, a selection of Lacan's most important papers are published under the title Écrits; fewer than one-third of them are included in the English Écrits: A Selection (1977).

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