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 [[Jacques Lacan ]] is one of the most challenging and controversial contemporary thinkers, as well as the most influential [[:Category:Psychoanalysts|psychoanalyst]] since [[Freud]]. Lacanian theory has reached far beyond the consulting room to engage with such diverse disciplines as [[literature]], [[film]], [[gender]] and [[social theory]]. This introduction provides an accessible guide to Lacanian oncepts concepts and his writing on:

* the [[subject]] and the u[[nconsciousunconscious]]

This introduction locates Lacan's work in the context of contemporary French thought and the history of [[psychoanalysis]]. With a unique focus on historical and intellectual contexts, the introduction examas Lacan's signifiance, motivation, key ideas and their sources, and his impact on other thinkers.  =The Imaginary==The Symbolic==The Oedipus Complex and the Meaning of the Phallus==The Subject of the Unconscious==Sexual Difference=