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* Born in Paris, 1901
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* Medical training in the Paris Medical Faculty. Became Chef de Clinique in 1932.
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: [[Lacan]] foundes the [[École Freudienne de Pariss]] ([[EFP}}). According to the ''[[Acte de fondation]]'', the central aim of the [[EFP]] is to restore [[psychoanalysis]] to its true function by making rigorous critique of all deviations and compromises which threaten its future development. That function is inseparable from the [[training|training of analysts]] who will be able to "reconquer" [[psychoanalysis]]. Membership implies active participation in the work of small study groups. The [[EFP]] is organized on the basis of three sections, each of which is divided into three subsections: pure psychoanalysis (doctrine, training and supervision), applied psychoanalysis (doctrine of treatment, casuistics, psychiatric information) and a section dedicated to surveying the Freudian field (continuous commentary on the psychoanalytic movement, articulation with related sciences, ethics of psychoanalysis).
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* Doctoral thesis for psychiatric degree - "Paranoid psychosis and its relation to the personality (1932).  
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Association with the French surrealist movement, from early 1930s.
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* 1934 - Joined the Societe Psychanalytique de Paris.
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* 1936 - Presented paper on the 'mirror stage' to the Interna­tional Psychoanalytic Congress in Marienbad.
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* Until 1952 - Distinguished member of the French psychoanalytic establishment. Intellectual contacts with Merleau-Ponty and Levi-Strauss, through the College Philosophique, Paris.  
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* 1953 - Presentation of the Rome Discourse. Controversy within the Paris psychoanalytic society. Daniel Lagache. followed by Lacan, formed a new Societe Fran~aise de Psychanalyse. Formation of Lacan's Seminar.  
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* 1953 to early 1960s - continuous development of ideas, par­ticularly those put forward as programme in the Rome Dis­course, involving psychoanalysis and linguistics.
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* 1963 - Expelled, finally, from International Psychoanalytic Association, because of unorthodox practice and teaching methods.
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* 1964 - Reformed his analytic society, calling it L'Ecole Freudienne de Paris.
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* 1966 - Publication of his Ecrits, following by explosion of his inflience in French society.  He soon became a cultural phenomenon.
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* 1966-1980 - Increasing interest in his work in France and abroad.
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* 1968 - May revolution. Lacan supported the students' revolt. President of the psychoanalytic department of University of Vincennes.
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* 1980 - Dissolved the Ecole Freduienne, and formed La Cause Freudienne.
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* 1981 - Death
  
  
  
 
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Revision as of 06:42, 22 September 2006

  • Born in Paris, 1901
  • Medical training in the Paris Medical Faculty. Became Chef de Clinique in 1932.
  • Doctoral thesis for psychiatric degree - "Paranoid psychosis and its relation to the personality (1932).

Association with the French surrealist movement, from early 1930s.

  • 1934 - Joined the Societe Psychanalytique de Paris.
  • 1936 - Presented paper on the 'mirror stage' to the Interna­tional Psychoanalytic Congress in Marienbad.
  • Until 1952 - Distinguished member of the French psychoanalytic establishment. Intellectual contacts with Merleau-Ponty and Levi-Strauss, through the College Philosophique, Paris.
  • 1953 - Presentation of the Rome Discourse. Controversy within the Paris psychoanalytic society. Daniel Lagache. followed by Lacan, formed a new Societe Fran~aise de Psychanalyse. Formation of Lacan's Seminar.
  • 1953 to early 1960s - continuous development of ideas, par­ticularly those put forward as programme in the Rome Dis­course, involving psychoanalysis and linguistics.
  • 1963 - Expelled, finally, from International Psychoanalytic Association, because of unorthodox practice and teaching methods.
  • 1964 - Reformed his analytic society, calling it L'Ecole Freudienne de Paris.
  • 1966 - Publication of his Ecrits, following by explosion of his inflience in French society. He soon became a cultural phenomenon.
  • 1966-1980 - Increasing interest in his work in France and abroad.
  • 1968 - May revolution. Lacan supported the students' revolt. President of the psychoanalytic department of University of Vincennes.
  • 1980 - Dissolved the Ecole Freduienne, and formed La Cause Freudienne.
  • 1981 - Death



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