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+ | | width="50px" style="valign:top;" | 1901 - 1938<BR> | ||
+ | | 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> | ||
+ | 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> | ||
+ | | 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> | ||
+ | | width="550px" | [[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. | ||
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+ | | width="50px" | 1963 - 1980<BR> | ||
+ | | width="550px" | [[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. | ||
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+ | | width="50px" | 1980 - 1981<BR> | ||
+ | | 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> | ||
+ | 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
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. |
- ↑ De la psychose paranoiaque dans ses rapports avec la personalité ("On Paranoid Psychosis and Its Relations to the Personality").
- ↑ Lacan states: "It is up to you to be Lacanians if you wish; I am Freudian."