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=====Jacques Lacan==========''Ècole Freudienne de Paris''=====When [[Jacques Lacan]] founded the ''[[Ècole Freudienne de Paris]]'' ([[EFP]]) in 1964, after his resignation from the SociÈtÈ FranÁaise ''[[Société Française de Psychanalyse]]'' ([[SPP]]), he [[chose]] to call it a "[[school]]" (''école'') for precise reasons.
(SPP)Not only was it the first [[time]] that a [[school|psychoanalytic organisation]] had been called a "[[school]]" rather than an "[[school|association]]" or a "[[school|society]]", he chose to call it but the term "[[school|school]]" also highlighted the fact that the [[EFP]] was more a means of [[school|psychoanalytic formation]] centred around a ''[[doctrine]]'' than an [[school|institutional order]] centred around ''a group of important [[people]]'' for precise reasons. Not only was it the
first time =====Psychoanalytic Institution=====Thus the very use of the term "[[school]]" in the [[name]] of the [[EFP]] indicated that it was an attempt to found a very different type of [[school|psychoanalytic organisation institution]] from those which had been called a 'school' ratherfounded before.
than an 'association' or a 'society'[[Lacan]] was particularly keen to avoid the dangers of the hierarchy dominating the institution, which he saw in the [[International Psychoanalytic Association]] ([[IPA]]), but and which he blamed for the term 'school' also highlighted [[theoretical]] misunderstandings which had come to dominate the[[IPA]]; the [[IPA]] had become, he argued, a kind of [[religion|church]].<ref>{{S11}} p.4</ref>
fact However, it is also important to note that [[Lacan]]'s criticisms of the EFP was more [[IPA]] do not imply a means criticism of the [[school|psychoanalytic institution]] ''per se''; while [[Lacan]] is very critical of the dangers that beset all [[school|psychoanalytic formation centredinstitution]]s, the fact that he himself founded one is evidence that he [[thought]] that some kind of institutional framework was necessary for [[psychoanalyst]]s.
around a doctrine than an institutional order centred around Thus [[Lacan]] is just as sceptical of those [[analyst]]s who reject all institutions as he is of those who turn the institution into a group kind of[[religion|church]].
important people. Thus =====History of the EFP==========Training of Analysts=====Many of Lacan's [[ideas]] cannot be [[understood]] without some [[understanding]] of the very use [[history]] of the term [[EFP]] (1964-80), especially those of [[Lacan]]'school' in s ideas which relate to the name [[training]] of theanalysts.
=====Membership=====In this context it is important to note that the [[EFP indicated ]] was not merely a [[school|training institute]], and that it membership was not restricted to [[analysts]]/trainees, but was open to anyone with an attempt to found a very different type of psycho-interest in [[psychoanalysis]].
analytic institution from those All members had equal voting rights, which had been founded beforemeant that the [[EFP]] was the first truly ''democratic'' [[school|psychoanalytic organisation]] in history. Lacan was
particularly keen to avoid the dangers =====Four Categories=====There were four [[categories]] of members in the hierarchy dominating the institu-[[EFP]]: * [[school|M.E.]] (''Membre de l'Ecole, or simple member''), * [[school|A.P.]] (''[[Analyste]] Practiquant''), * [[school|A.M.E.]] (''Analyste Membre de l'Ècole''), and * [[school|A.E.]] (''Analyste de l'Ècole'').
tionMembers could, which he saw in the INTERNATIONAL PSYCHO-ANALYTICAL ASSOCIATION (IPA)and often did,hold several titles simultaneously.
and which he blamed Those who applied for membership of the [[school]] were interviewed by a committee called the theoretical misunderstandings ''[[school|cardo]]'' (a [[word]] [[meaning]] a hinge on which had come toa door turns) before [[being]] admitted as an [[school|M.E.]]
dominate Only the IPA; [[school|A.M.E.]] and the IPA had become[[school|A.E.]] were recognised as [[analyst]]s by the [[school]], he arguedalthough [[other]] members were not [[forbidden]] to conduct [[treatment|analyses]], a kind and could award themselves the title of church (Sll, 4)[[school|A.P.]] to indicate that they were [[treatment|practising]] [[analysts]].
HoweverThe title of [[school|A.M.E.]] was granted to members of the school who [[satisfied]] a jury of senior members that they had conducted the [[analysis]] of two [[patient]]s in a satisfactory manner; in this [[sense]], it is also important the [[category]] of [[school|A.M.E]], was similar to note that Lacan's criticisms of the IPA do nottitular members of other [[school|psychoanalytic societies]].
imply a criticism The title of [[school|A.E.]], was awarded on the psychoanalytic institution per se; while basis of a very different procedure, which [[Lacan is very]] called the [[pass]].
critical =====Pass=====The [[pass]] was instituted by [[Lacan]] in 1967 as a means of verifying the dangers that beset all psychoanalytic institutions[[end of analysis]], and constitutes the most original feature of the fact that he[[EFP]].
himself founded one is evidence that he thought that some kind =====Cartels=====[[Another]] original feature of institutionalthe [[EFP]] was the promotion of research in small study groups known as [[cartel]]s.
framework was necessary for psychoanalysts=====Dissolution of the EFP=====The final years of the [[EFP]] were dominated by intense controversy over the [[pass]] and other issues. Thus Lacan is just as sceptical of
those analysts who reject all institutions as In 1980, [[Lacan]] dissolved the [[EFP]], and in 1981 he is of those who turn created a new institution in its stead, the[[École de la Cause Freudienne]] ([[ECF]]).
institution Some of the original members of the [[EFP]] followed [[Lacan]] into the [[ECF]], whereas [[others]] [[left]] to set up a kind variety of churchother groups.
Many of Lacan's ideas cannot be understood without some understanding Some ofthese groups still [[exist]] today, as does the [[ECF]].
the history of the EFP (1964-80), especially those of Lacan==See Also=={{See}}* [[Analysand]]* [[Cartel]]||* 's ideas which'[[Ècole Freudienne de Paris]]''* [[International Psychoanalytic Association]]||* [[Pass]]* [[Psychoanalysis]]||* [[Training]]* [[Treatment]]{{Also}}
relate to the [[Training]] of analysts. In this context it is important to note that the==References==<div style="font-size:11px" class="references-small"><references/></div>
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restricted to analysts/trainees, but was open to anyone with an interest in psychoanalysis. All members had equal voting rights, which meant that the EFP was the first truly democratic psychoanalytic organisation in history. There were four categories of members in the EFP: M.E. (Membre de l'Ecole, or simple member), A.P. (Analyste Practiquant), A.M.E. (Analyste Membre de l'…cole), and A.E. (Analyste de l'…cole). Members could, and often did, hold several titles simultaneously. Those who applied for membership of the school were interviewed by a committee called the cardo (a word meaning a hinge on which a door turns) before being admitted as an M.E. Only the A.M.E. and the A.E. were recognised as analysts by the school, although other members were not forbidden to conduct analyses, and could award themselves the title of A.P. to indicate that they were practising analysts. The title of A.M.E. was granted to members of the school who satisfied a jury of senior members that they had conducted the analysis of two patients in a satisfactory manner; in this sense, the category of A.M.E, was similar to that of the titular members of other psychoanalytic societies. The title of A.E, was awarded on the basis of a very different procedure, which Lacan called the PAss. The pass was instituted by Lacan in 1967 as a means of verifying the end of analysis, and constitutes the most original feature of the EFP. Another original feature of the EFP was the promotion of research in small study groups known aS CARTELS. The final years of the EFP were dominated by intense controversy over the pass and other issues (see Roudinesco, 1986). In 1980, Lacan dissolved the EFP, and in 1981 he created a new institution in its stead, the …cole de la Cause Freudienne (ECF). Some of the original members of the EFP followed Lacan into the ECF, whereas others left to set up a variety of other groups. Some of these groups still exist today, as does the ECF.__NOTOC__
