Lacan coined the term 'factor c' (''{{Top}}facteur c'') at a psychiatric congress in 1950. {{Bottom}}
Factor c is 'the constant characteristic of any given cultural milieu'<ref>E, 37</ref>: it is an attempt to designate that part of the symbolic order which marks ==Jacques Lacan==[[Lacan]] coined the particular features of one culture as opposed to another (term "[[factor c stands for culture)]]" at a [[psychiatric]] congress in 1950.
Although it would be interesting to speculate on the possible applications of this concept to the interrelationship between different cultural milieux and psychoanalysis, Lacan only gives one example of the ==Culture==[[Factor c factor; ahistoricism, he argues, ]] is "the c factor constant characteristic of the culture of the United States.any given [[cultural]] milieu"<ref> (see {{E, }} p.37 and E, l15)</ref> : it is an attempt to designate that part of the [[symbolic order]] which marks the [[particular]] features of one [[culture]] as opposed to [[another]] ('''c''' stands for [[culture]]).
The '=="American way Way of Life"==Although it would be interesting to speculate on the possible applications of this [[concept]] to the interrelationship between different cultural milieux and [[psychoanalysis]], [[Lacan]] only gives one example of life' revolves around such signifiers as 'happiness'the [[c factor]]; ahistoricism, he argues, is the [[factor c|'adaptation', c'human relations' and 'human engineeringfactor]] of the [[culture]] of the [[United States]].'<ref>{{E}} p.37, 38115</ref>
Lacan regards the c factor The "American way of United States culture [[life]]" revolves around such [[signifier]]s as particularly antithetical to psychoanalysis"[[happiness]], and sees it as largely responsible for the errors which have beset psychoanalytic theory in the USA (such as " "adaptation," "[[ego-psychologyhuman]])relations" and "human engineering."<ref>{{E}} p.38</ref>
==Psychoanalysis==
[[Lacan]] regards the [[factor c|''c'' factor]] of United States culture as particularly antithetical to [[psychoanalysis]], and sees it as largely [[responsible]] for the errors which have beset [[psychoanalytic theory]] in the USA (such as [[ego-psychology]]).
==See Also==
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* [[Adaptation]]
* [[Ego-psychology]]
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* [[Psychoanalysis]]
* [[Symbolic]]
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