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The French psychoanalyst [[Jacques Lacan]] argued that there were '''four''' fundamental types of '''discourse'''. These could be expressed as the permutations of a four-term configuration showing the relative positions of [[the subject]], the [[master signifier]], [[knowledge]] and [[objet petit a]]. The four types of discourse were: the Master's, the University's, the Hysteric's, and the Analyst's.
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[[French]] [[psychoanalyst]] [[Jacques Lacan]] argued that there were '''four''' fundamental types of '''discourse'''.  
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These could be expressed as the permutations of a four-term configuration showing the relative positions of [[the subject]], the [[master signifier]], [[knowledge]] and [[objet petit a]]. The four types of discourse were: the Master's, the University's, the Hysteric's, and the Analyst's.
  
 
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French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan argued that there were four fundamental types of discourse.

These could be expressed as the permutations of a four-term configuration showing the relative positions of the subject, the master signifier, knowledge and objet petit a. The four types of discourse were: the Master's, the University's, the Hysteric's, and the Analyst's.