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Thereafter, he rises to become a renowned and controversial figure in the international psychoanalytic community.
 
Thereafter, he rises to become a renowned and controversial figure in the international psychoanalytic community.
 
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Following the publication of the [[Écrits]] (1966), there is an explosion of interest in his work in France and abroad.
 
Following the publication of the [[Écrits]] (1966), there is an explosion of interest in his work in France and abroad.
 
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However, [[Lacan]] soon dissolves the ''[[École de la Cause freudienne|Cause freudienne]]'' and replaces it with the ''[[École de la Cause freudienne]]''.
 
However, [[Lacan]] soon dissolves the ''[[École de la Cause freudienne|Cause freudienne]]'' and replaces it with the ''[[École de la Cause freudienne]]''.
 
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Jacques Lacan gives the opening lecture at the International James Joyce Symposiumin in Paris, 1975.

Jacques-Marie Émile Lacan (April 13, 1901September 9, 1981) was a French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.

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


1. Biography
2. Theory
3. Practice
4. Bibliography
5. See Also
6. References


Biography

Click here for a more complete chronology of Jacques Lacan's life.

1901
to
1938
Lacan studies medicine and psychiatry and completes his doctoral thesis on paranoid psychosis.[1]

He presents a paper on the mirror stage -- his first theoretical contribution to psychoanalysis -- at a conference of the International Psycho-Analytical Association (IPA) in Marienbad.

1938
to
1953
Lacan is a member of the (IPA affiliated) Société psychanalytique de Paris (SPP) until he resigns to join the Société Française de Psychanalyse (SFP).
1953
to
1963
Lacan begins his first public seminar (which he will continue to give annually until his death).

Thereafter, he rises to become a renowned and controversial figure in the international psychoanalytic community.

1963
to
1980
Lacan leaves the SFP (after his "expulsion" from the IPA) and founds his own school, the École Freudienne de Paris (EFP).

Following the publication of the Écrits (1966), there is an explosion of interest in his work in France and abroad.

1980
to
1981
Lacan single-handedly dissolves the EFP and creates in its stead the Cause freudienne.[2]

However, Lacan soon dissolves the Cause freudienne and replaces it with the École de la Cause freudienne.

Bibliography

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Click here for a more complete bibliography of Jacques Lacan's work.

Lacan's most important theoretical contributions to psychoanalysis were presented in his seminars.

In 1966, a selection of Lacan's most important papers are published under the title Écrits; fewer than one-third of them are included in the English Écrits: A Selection (1977).

See Also


References