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''[[Chronology|Click here for a more complete chronology of '''Jacques Lacan''''s life]].'' | ''[[Chronology|Click here for a more complete chronology of '''Jacques Lacan''''s life]].'' | ||
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− | | | + | | align="left" style="padding: 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.5em; margin: 0.5em 0 1em 0;" | [[Lacan]] studies medicine and [[psychiatry]] and completes his doctoral thesis on [[paranoia|paranoid]] [[psychosis]].<ref>''[[On paranoiac psychosis in its relations to the personality|De la psychose paranoiaque dans ses rapports avec la personalité]]'' ("[[On paranoiac psychosis in its relations to the personality|On Paranoid Psychosis and Its Relations to the Personality]]").</ref> |
He presents a paper on the [[mirror stage]] -- his first theoretical contribution to [[psychoanalysis]] -- at a conference of the [[International Psycho-Analytical Association]] ([[IPA]]) in Marienbad. | He presents a paper on the [[mirror stage]] -- his first theoretical contribution to [[psychoanalysis]] -- at a conference of the [[International Psycho-Analytical Association]] ([[IPA]]) in Marienbad. | ||
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− | | | + | | align="left" style="padding: 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.5em; margin: 0.5em 0 1em 0;" | [[Lacan]] is a member of the ([[IPA]] affiliated) ''[[Société psychanalytique de Paris]]'' ([[SPP]]) until he resigns to join the ''[[Société Française de Psychanalyse]]'' ([[SFP]]). |
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− | | | + | | align="left" style="padding: 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.5em; margin: 0.5em 0 1em 0;" | [[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. | Thereafter, he rises to become a renowned and controversial figure in the international psychoanalytic community. | ||
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− | | | + | | align="left" style="padding: 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.5em; margin: 0.5em 0 1em 0;" | [[Lacan]] leaves the [[SFP]] (after his "expulsion" from the [[IPA]]) and founds his own [[school]], the ''[[École Freudienne de Paris]]'' ([[EFP]]). |
Following the publication of the [[Écrits]] (1966), there is an explosion of interest in his work in France and abroad. | Following the publication of the [[Écrits]] (1966), there is an explosion of interest in his work in France and abroad. | ||
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− | | | + | | align="left" style="padding: 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.5em; margin: 0.5em 0 1em 0;" | [[Lacan]] single-handedly dissolves the [[EFP]] and creates in its stead the ''[[École de la Cause freudienne|Cause freudienne]]''.<ref>[[Lacan]] states: "It is up to you to be Lacanians if you wish; I am Freudian."</ref> |
However, [[Lacan]] soon dissolves the ''[[École de la Cause freudienne|Cause freudienne]]'' and replaces it with the ''[[École de la Cause freudienne]]''. | However, [[Lacan]] soon dissolves the ''[[École de la Cause freudienne|Cause freudienne]]'' and replaces it with the ''[[École de la Cause freudienne]]''. | ||
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Revision as of 09:39, 2 October 2006
Biography
Click here for a more complete chronology of Jacques Lacan's life.
1901 to 1938 |
Lacan studies medicine and psychiatry and completes his doctoral thesis on paranoid psychosis.[1]
He presents a paper on the mirror stage -- his first theoretical contribution to psychoanalysis -- at a conference of the International Psycho-Analytical Association (IPA) in Marienbad. |
1938 to 1953 |
Lacan is a member of the (IPA affiliated) Société psychanalytique de Paris (SPP) until he resigns to join the Société Française de Psychanalyse (SFP). |
1953 to 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 to 1980 |
Lacan leaves the SFP (after his "expulsion" from the IPA) and founds his own school, the École Freudienne de Paris (EFP).
Following the publication of the Écrits (1966), there is an explosion of interest in his work in France and abroad. |
1980 to 1981 |
Lacan single-handedly dissolves the EFP and creates in its stead the Cause freudienne.[2]
However, Lacan soon dissolves the Cause freudienne and replaces it with the École de la Cause freudienne. |
- ↑ De la psychose paranoiaque dans ses rapports avec la personalité ("On Paranoid Psychosis and Its Relations to the Personality").
- ↑ Lacan states: "It is up to you to be Lacanians if you wish; I am Freudian."