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'''Jacques-Marie-Émile Lacan''' (April 13, 1901 – September 9, 1981) was a French [[psychoanalyst]] and [[psychiatrist]].
'''Slavoj Žižek''' (born March 21His work, like most psychoanalytic work, 1949) is owes a Slovenian sociologistheavy, philosopher and cultural critic. He was born in Ljubljanaexplicit debt to [[Sigmund Freud]], Slovenia (then part but also drew from a number of Yugoslavia)other fields, including [[linguistics]], [[philosophy]], and received a D.A[[mathematics]]. This interdisciplinary focus in Philosophy his work has led him to be an important figure in Ljubljana many fields beyond [[psychoanalysis]] - particularly within [[critical theory]]. 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 studied Psychoanalysis at his treatment strategies. His work, while controversial, continues to influence the University development of Parispsychoanalysis worldwide. In 1990 he was a candidate with the party France and elsewhere various "Liberal Democracy of Sloveniaschools" for president of the Republic of SloveniaLacanian thought have emerged. '''[[Slavoj ŽižekJacques Lacan|(continuedContinue...)]]'''<div align="right" class="noprint"> '''[[No Subject:Featured Article|Archive]]'''
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