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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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''[[Chronology|Click here for a more complete chronology of '''Jacques Lacan''''s life]].''
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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 to 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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| width="50px" style="valign:top;" | 1901 - 1938<BR>
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| width="550px" | [[Lacan]] studies medicine and [[psychiatry]] and completes his doctoral thesis on [[paranoia|paranoid]] [[psychosis]].<ref>''[[On paranoiac psychosis in its relations to the personality|De la psychose paranoiaque dans ses rapports avec la personalité]]'' ("[[On paranoiac psychosis in its relations to the personality|On Paranoid Psychosis and Its Relations to the Personality]]").</ref>
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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.
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| width="50px" | 1938 - 1953<BR>
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| width="550px" | [[Lacan]] is a member of the ([[IPA]] affiliated) ''[[Société psychanalytique de Paris]]'' ([[SPP]]) until he resigns to join the ''[[Société Française de Psychanalyse]]'' ([[SFP]]).
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| width="50px" | 1953 - 1963<BR>
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| width="550px" | [[Lacan]] begins his first public [[seminar]] (which he will continue to give annually until his death).
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Thereafter, he rises to become a renowned and controversial figure in the international psychoanalytic community.
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| width="50px" | 1963 - 1980<BR>
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| width="550px" | [[Lacan]] leaves the [[SFP]] (after his "expulsion" from the [[IPA]]) and founds his own [[school]], the ''[[École Freudienne de Paris]]'' ([[EFP]]). 
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Following the publication of the [[Écrits]] (1966), there is an explosion of interest in his work in France and abroad.
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| width="50px" | 1980 - 1981<BR>
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| width="550px" | [[Lacan]] single-handedly dissolves the [[EFP]] and creates in its stead the ''[[École de la Cause freudienne|Cause freudienne]]''.<ref>[[Lacan]] states: "It is up to you to be Lacanians if you wish; I am Freudian."</ref>
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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]]''.
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Revision as of 09:35, 2 October 2006

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Chronology

Biography

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

1901 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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.


  1. ↑ De la psychose paranoiaque dans ses rapports avec la personalité ("On Paranoid Psychosis and Its Relations to the Personality").
  2. ↑ Lacan states: "It is up to you to be Lacanians if you wish; I am Freudian."
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