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:[[Lacan]] studies medicine and [[psychiatry]] and completes his [[De la psychose paranoiaque dans ses rapports avec la personalité|doctoral thesis]] on [[paranoia|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]] ([[IPA]]) in Marienbad. | :[[Lacan]] studies medicine and [[psychiatry]] and completes his [[De la psychose paranoiaque dans ses rapports avec la personalité|doctoral thesis]] on [[paranoia|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]] ([[IPA]]) in Marienbad. | ||
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:[[Lacan]] is a member of the ([[IPA]] affiliated) ''[[Société psychanalytique de Paris]]'' ([[SPP]]) until he resigns to join the ''[[Société Française de Psychanalyse]]'' ([[SFP]]). | :[[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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:[[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. | :[[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. | ||
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:[[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. | :[[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. | ||
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Jacques-Marie Émile Lacan (13 April 1901 – 9 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 (IPA) in Marienbad.
- 1938 - 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 - 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 (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.
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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