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==Jacques Lacan===History==The [[cartel]] is the basic [[working ]] unit on which [[Lacan]] based his [[school]] of [[psychoanalysis]], the ''[[École Freudienne de Psychanalyse]]'' ([[EFP]]), and most [[Lacan]]ian [[associations ]] continue to organize [[work ]] in [[cartels]] today. In his [[Founding Act]] on [[{{Y}}#1964|21 June 1964]], [[Lacan]] introduced the [[cartel]] in the following way: <blockquote>"Those who enter this School will undertake to fulfil a task that is [[subject]] to both [[internal]] and [[external]] supervision. In [[exchange]] they are assured that [[nothing]] will be spared in [[order]] that anything valuable they do gets the attention it deserves and in the appropriate [[place]]. To carry out this work we shall adopt the [[principle]] of sustained elaboration in small groups.”</blockquote>

The [[cartel]] is essentially a study group consisting of ''[[three ]]'' to ''five '' [[people ]] (though [[Lacan]] considers ''four '' the optimum [[number]]), plus a supervisor (known as a "[[plus-one]]"; [[Fr]]. (''[[plus-un]]'')) who moderates the group's work.  A [[cartel]] is created when a group of people decide to work together on a [[particular ]] aspect of [[psychoanalytic theory]] which is of interest to [[them]], and it is then registered in the [[school]]'s [[list ]] of [[cartels]].

Although [[participation ]] in [[cartels]] plays an important part in the [[training]] (''[[formation]]'') of [[Lacan]]ian [[analysts]], membership of [[cartels]] is not restricted to members of the [[school]].  Indeed, [[Lacan]] welcomed the exchange of [[ideas ]] between [[analysts]] and those from [[other ]] disciplines, and saw the [[cartel]] as one [[structure]] which would serve to encourage this exchange.

==See Also==

* ''[[École Freudienne de Psychanalyse]]'' ([[EFP]])

* [[International Psycho-Analytical Association]] ([[IPA]])

 ==References==<references/> [[Category:Psychoanalysis]][[Category:Jacques Lacan]]{{OK}}

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