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 [[Jacques Lacan]] is one of the most challenging and controversial contemporary thinkers, as well as the most influential [[:Category:Psychoanalysts|psychoanalyst]] since [[Freud]]. [[Lacanian ]] [[theory ]] has reached far beyond the consulting room to engage with such diverse disciplines as [[literature]], [[film]], [[gender]] and [[social theory]]. This introduction provides an accessible [[guide ]] to Lacanian [[concepts ]] and his [[writing ]] on:

This introduction locates [[Lacan]]'s [[work ]] in the context of contemporary [[French ]] [[thought ]] and the [[history ]] of [[psychoanalysis]]. With a unique focus on historical and [[intellectual ]] contexts, the introduction examas Lacan's [[signifiance]], motivation, key [[ideas ]] and their sources, and his impact on [[other ]] thinkers.  ==The Imaginary== ==The Symbolic== ==The Oedipus Complex and the Meaning of the Phallus== ==The Subject of the Unconscious== ==Sexual Difference==