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33'''Jacques-34 COnversations[[Alain]] Miller''' - the son-in-law of [[France|French]] [[psychoanalysis|psychoanalyst]] [[Jacques Lacan]] (in 1967 he [[married]] [[Lacan]]'s daughter [[Jacques-Alain Miller|Judith Miller]]) - is a prominent [[Lacanian]] [[psychoanalyst]].

'''Jacques-Alain Miller''' - the son-in-law of [[France|French]] [[psychoanalysis|psychoanalyst]] [[Jacques Lacan]] (in 1967 he married Lacan's daughter [[Judith Miller (philosopher)|Judith Miller]]) - is a prominent Lacanian psychoanalyst, if not the pre-eminent Lacanian psychoanalyst. As a student at the [[École Normale Supérieure]], he met Lacan in 1964 while attending his [[seminars ]] at the rue d'Ulm. After having read everything Lacan had thus far published, he asked him, "Does your [[notion ]] of the [[subject ]] imply an [[ontology]]?" and an entente was made with him. In 1966 he founded ''Cahiers pour l'[[Analyse]]'', a seminal publication whose editorial board included Alain [[Badiou]], François Regnault and [[Jean-Claude Milner]]. He was the editor of ''[[Ornicar]]?'' when Lacan announced the [[dissolution ]] of L'Ecole Française de [[Psychanalyse]], and the foundation of L'École de la [[Cause ]] Freudienne.

After Lacan's death in 1980At the École Normale Supérieure, Miller studied with [[Louis Althusser]] at the same [[time]] as [[Jacques Derrida]] and [[Jacques-Alain Miller started in 1983 his own weekly seminarsRancière]], called "L'Orientation lacanienne" intended to expound and elucidate Lacan's work. He became but soon he was following the editor [[teachings]] of [[Jacques Lacan's seminars, having so far published half of them ]] who in French1964 has been appointed lecturer at the École Pratique des Hautes [[Etudes]]. He also supervised [[Althusser]] assigned him the English translations task of [[reading]] of "all of Lacan's work: "Écrits", and Miller carried out the task admiringly: it is him who asks Lacan the seminars, famous question: "The Four Fundamental Concepts Does your notion of Psychoanalysisthe subject imply an ontology?", "The Ethics of Psychoanalysis", ''Encore - On feminine Sexuality'In time he would become instrumental in Lacan's Ecole Freudienne de [[Paris]]. In 2001 he started a series of public interventions on behalf When Lacan moves to the [[University]] of [[Vincennes]] - the independence Department of psychoanalysis vis[[Psychoanalysis]] is renamed "Le [[Champ]] freudien" -à-vis government control in France. He wrote ''First Letter addressed by Lacan becomes its director, and Jacques-Alain Miller to An Enlightened Publicthe president. Lacan'', "Clear Like Day Letter" and "The Tenderness s dissolution of the École Française de Psychanalyse in 1980 is followed by the creation of Terrorism" where La [[cause freudienne]]. Soon he asserted dies leaving Miller as the sole editor of his Seminars, an endeavor that "an analyst is only authorized by her/himself (Lacan's dictum: lwill require Miller'analyste ne s'autorise que de lui-même)entire [[life]].

At the same time Jacques-Alain Miller was responsible for an enormous expansion of Lacanian study groups throughtout the world: Spain, Great Britain and Italy who had married Lacan's daughter, started in Europe1983 his own weekly seminars, called "L'Orientation lacanienne" intended to expound and Argentina and Brazil elucidate Lacan's [[work]]. As the editor of Jacques Lacan's seminars, having so far published half of [[them]] in Latin America[[French]]. In He also supervised the early nineties, Miller[[English]] translations of Lacan's work began to be translated into English : "[[Écrits]]", and published in the United States trough the New York based cultural journal seminars, "Lacanian InkThe Four Fundamental [[Concepts]] of Psychoanalysis". More recently other groups have taken root in America, notably in Omaha"The [[Ethics]] of Psychoanalysis", Nebraska and around Columbia University in New York''[[Encore]] - On [[feminine]] [[Sexuality]]''. In 1992 Miller set up 2001 he started a series of [[public]] interventions on behalf of the independence of psychoanalysis vis-à-vis [[World Association of Psychoanalysisgovernment]] [[control]], WAP, in order [[France]]. He wrote ''First [[Letter]] addressed by Jacques-Alain Miller to advance LacanAn Enlightened Public''s teachings and today has over a thousand members in Europe, America "Clear Like Day Letter" and Australia. "The WAP creates Schools Tenderness of [[Terrorism]]" where he asserted that transmit psychoanalysis, ensure the formation of analysts, guarantee their qualification and the quality of their practice"an [[analyst]] is only authorized by her/himself (Lacan's dictum: l'[[analyste]] ne s'autorise que de lui-même).

Within At the frame same time Miller was [[responsible]] for an enormous expansion of his "Orientation lacanienne" Lacanian study groups throughout the [[world]]: Spain, Great [[Britain]] and Italy in [[Europe]], and [[Argentina]] and [[Brazil]] in [[Latin]] America. In the early nineties, Miller works 's work began to be translated into English and published in conjunction with the [[United States]] through the New York-based [[cultural]] journal [[Lacanian Ink]]. More recently [[other European philosophers such as Slavoj Zizek ]] groups have taken root in America, notably in Omaha, Nebraska and Alain Badiouaround Columbia University in New York. In 1992 Miller set up the [[World Association of Psychoanalysis]], WAP, in [[order]] to advance Lacan's teachings. Today it has over a thousand members in Europe, America and Australia. The WAP creates [[Schools]] that transmit psychoanalysis, ensure the [[formation]] of [[analysts]], [[guarantee]] their qualification and the quality of their [[practice]].

 '''Jacques-Alain Miller''' is a prominent Lacanian psychoanalyst, if not the pre-eminent Lacanian psychoanalyst. As a student at Within the [[École Normale Supérieure]], he met Lacan in 1964 while attending his seminars at the rue d'Ulm. After having read everything Lacan had thus far published, he asked him, "Does your notion of the subject imply an ontology?" and an entente was made with him. In 1966 he founded ''Cahiers pour l'Analyse'', a seminal publication whose editorial board included Alain Badiou, François Regnault and Jean-Claude Milner. He was the editor of ''Ornicar?'' when Lacan announced the dissolution of L'Ecole Française de Psychanalyse, and the foundation of L'École de la Cause Freudienne. At the École Normale Supérieure, Miller studied with [[Louis Althusser]] at the same time as [[Jacques Derrida]] and [[Jacques Rancière]], but soon he was following the teachings of [[Jacques Lacanframe]] who in 1964 has been appointed lecturer at the École Pratique des Hautes Etudes. Althusser assigned him the task of reading of "all of Lacan" and Miller carried out the task admiringly: it is him who asks Lacan the famous question: "Does your notion of the subject imply an ontology?" In time he would become instrumental in Lacan's Ecole Freudienne de Paris. When Lacan moves to the University of Vincennes - the Department of Psychoanalysis is renamed "Le Champ freudien" - Lacan becomes its director, and Jacques-Alain Miller the president. Lacan's dissolution of the École Française de Psychanalyse in 1980 is followed by the creation of La cause freudienne. Soon he dies leaving Miller as the sole editor of his Seminars, an endeavor that will require Miller's entire life. Jacques-Alain Miller, who had married Lacan's daughter, started in 1983 his own weekly seminars, called "L'Orientation lacanienne" intended to expound and elucidate Lacan's work. As the editor of Jacques Lacan's seminars, having so far published half of them in French. He also supervised the English translations of Lacan's work: "Écrits", and the seminars, "The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis", "The Ethics of Psychoanalysis", ''Encore - On feminine Sexuality''. In 2001 he started a series of public interventions on behalf of the independence of psychoanalysis vis-à-vis government control in France. He wrote ''First Letter addressed by Jacques-Alain Miller to An Enlightened Public'', "Clear Like Day Letter" and "The Tenderness of Terrorism" where he asserted that "an analyst is only authorized by her/himself (Lacan's dictum: l'analyste ne s'autorise que de lui-même).  At the same time Miller was responsible for an enormous expansion of Lacanian study groups throughout the world: Spain, Great Britain and Italy in Europe, and Argentina and Brazil in Latin America. In the early nineties, Miller's work began to be translated into English and published in the United States through the New York-based cultural journal [[Lacanian Ink]]. More recently other groups have taken root in America, notably in Omaha, Nebraska and around Columbia University in New York. In 1992 Miller set up the [[World Association of Psychoanalysis]], WAP, in order to advance Lacan's teachings. Today it has over a thousand members in Europe, America and Australia. The WAP creates Schools that transmit psychoanalysis, ensure the formation of analysts, guarantee their qualification and the quality of their practice. Within the frame of his "Orientation lacanienne" Miller works in conjunction with other European [[philosophers ]] such as [[Slavoj Zizek]] and [[Alain Badiou]].

*[http://www.lacan.com/millerlecture.htm Jacques-Alain Miller Live] Ten Lectures at France-[[Culture ]] - Summer 2005 {{LA}}pp. 38, 94–95, 135* {{Z}} ''[[Conversations with Žižek|Conversations with Žižek: Slavoj Žižek and Glyn Daly]]''. [[London]]: Polity Press, 2004. pp. 33-34 ==References==<references/>

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