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'''Jacques-Marie-Émile Lacan''' (April 13, 1901 – September 9, 1981) was a French [[psychoanalyst]] and [[psychiatrist]].
'''Slavoj Žižek''' (born [[March 21]]His work, like most psychoanalytic work, [[1949]]) is owes a [[Slovenians|Slovenian]] [[sociologist]]heavy, explicit debt to [[philosopher]] and [[cultural critic]]. He was born in [[LjubljanaSigmund Freud]], [[Slovenia]] (then part but also drew from a number of other fields, including [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavialinguistics]]), and received a [[Doctor of Arts|D.A.philosophy]] in Philosophy in Ljubljana , and studied [[Psychoanalysis]] at the [[University of Paris]]. In [[1990]] he was a candidate with the party "[[Liberal Democracy of Sloveniamathematics]]" for president of the Republic of Slovenia. '''[[Slavoj Žižek|(continued...)]]'''
Recently featured: This interdisciplinary focus in his work has led him to be an important figure in many fields beyond [[Slavoj Žižekpsychoanalysis]] - particularly within [[critical theory]].
{{TFAfooter}}His central idea was that the human subject is a creation of its use of language. From this understanding Lacan develops his study of psychoanalysis and his treatment strategies. His work, while controversial, continues to influence the development of psychoanalysis worldwide. In France and elsewhere various "schools" of Lacanian thought have emerged. '''[[Jacques Lacan|Continue...]]'''</div>
