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He is one of the most important -- and most controversial -- figures in the history of [[psychoanalysis]], but is also acknowledged for his influence across a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences.

''[[Chronology|Click here for a more complete chronology of '''Jacques Lacan''''s life]].''

In 1927, [[Lacan]] begins his [[treatment|clincial training]] in [[psychiatry]] at the [[Sainte-Anne hospital]], where he would later teach.

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[[Lacan]]'s [[Jacques Lacan:Bibliography|work]] has transformed [[psychoanalysis]], both as a '''theory''' and as a '''practice'''.

(This was an extraordinarily innovative period for Lacan and he introduced many of the concepts that would preoccupy him for the rest of his career.)

[[Lacan]] drew on a field of study known as '''[[Structuralism]]''' and on '''[[linguistics|linguistic theory]]'''.

[[Lacan]]'s conception of the [[subject]] as constituted in and through [[language]].

==Bibliography==