The Case of Aimée
Lacan’s early work on paranoia dealt with the case of a patient he called
Aimée (Marguerite Anzieu) who was arrested by the Paris police in the attempted
stabbing of a famous actress, Huguette Duflos. Lacan first encoun
tered Aimée in 1931 at Sainte-Anne’s Hospital, where he had begun his clinical
training as a légiste medicale, or forensic psychiatrist, four years earlier.
Lacan’s patient, the subject of numerous press accounts and much public
speculation, had come to believe that her young son was about to be murdered
by Duflos. One night Aimée attended a play which featured the famous
Parisian actress and suddenly lunged from the crowd of theatergoers,
brandishing a knife. Aimée was promptly arrested and given over to Lacan’s
care.
Lacan conducted an exhaustive number of analytic interviews with Aimée.
Lacan was able to reconstruct the trajectory of Aimée’s descent into what he
termed self-punishment paranoia. Aimée both feared and admired Duflos,
and she came to believe that the actress•really her ideal image of the actress•
posed a danger to her and to her young child. Duflos’s ideal image
was the object of Aimée’s intense hatred as well as her excessive fascination,
writes Lacan, and in attacking Duflos the deluded woman was really punishing
herself.
In one especially striking memory, Aimée recalled (falsely) reading an article
in a newspaper in which the actress told an interviewer that she was
planning to kill Aimée and her young son. Aimée therefore regarded her attack
on Duflos as an act of preemptive self-defense based upon a misrecognition.
Aimée finally found the real punishment she unconsciously craved
(her jouissance) in her public humiliation, arrest, and confinement.
Lacan was struck by the relationship between memory (or, in this case,
false memory) and identity. One sees in Lacan’s early analysis of Aimée
many of the most significant elements of his psychoanalytic theory, including
the mirror stage, the imaginary, jouissance and its role in paranoia, and
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
Lacan was struck by the relationship between memory (or, in this case,
false memory) and identity. One sees in Lacan’s early analysis of Aimée
many of the most significant elements of his psychoanalytic theory, including
the mirror stage, the imaginary, jouissance and its role in paranoia, and
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
Lacan’s patient, the subject of numerous press accounts and much public
speculation, had come to believe that her young son was about to be murdered
by Duflos. One night Aimée attended a play which featured the famous
Parisian actress and suddenly lunged from the crowd of theatergoers,
brandishing a knife. Aimée was promptly arrested and given over to Lacan’s
care.
Lacan conducted an exhaustive number of analytic interviews with Aimée.
Lacan was able to reconstruct the trajectory of Aimée’s descent into what he
termed self-punishment paranoia. Aimée both feared and admired Duflos,
and she came to believe that the actress•really her ideal image of the actress•
posed a danger to her and to her young child. Duflos’s ideal image
was the object of Aimée’s intense hatred as well as her excessive fascination,
writes Lacan, and in attacking Duflos the deluded woman was really punishing
herself.
In one especially striking memory, Aimée recalled (falsely) reading an article
in a newspaper in which the actress told an interviewer that she was
planning to kill Aimée and her young son. Aimée therefore regarded her attack
on Duflos as an act of preemptive self-defense based upon a misrecognition.
Aimée finally found the real punishment she unconsciously craved
(her jouissance) in her public humiliation, arrest, and confinement.
Lacan was struck by the relationship between memory (or, in this case,
false memory) and identity. One sees in Lacan’s early analysis of Aimée
many of the most significant elements of his psychoanalytic theory, including
the mirror stage, the imaginary, jouissance and its role in paranoia, and
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
Lacan was struck by the relationship between memory (or, in this case,
false memory) and identity. One sees in Lacan’s early analysis of Aimée
many of the most significant elements of his psychoanalytic theory, including
the mirror stage, the imaginary, jouissance and its role in paranoia, and
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
tered Aimée in 1931 at Sainte-Anne’s Hospital, where he had begun his clinical
training as a légiste medicale, or forensic psychiatrist, four years earlier.
Lacan’s patient, the subject of numerous press accounts and much public
speculation, had come to believe that her young son was about to be murdered
by Duflos. One night Aimée attended a play which featured the famous
Parisian actress and suddenly lunged from the crowd of theatergoers,
brandishing a knife. Aimée was promptly arrested and given over to Lacan’s
care.
Lacan conducted an exhaustive number of analytic interviews with Aimée.
Lacan was able to reconstruct the trajectory of Aimée’s descent into what he
termed self-punishment paranoia. Aimée both feared and admired Duflos,
and she came to believe that the actress•really her ideal image of the actress•
posed a danger to her and to her young child. Duflos’s ideal image
was the object of Aimée’s intense hatred as well as her excessive fascination,
writes Lacan, and in attacking Duflos the deluded woman was really punishing
herself.
In one especially striking memory, Aimée recalled (falsely) reading an article
in a newspaper in which the actress told an interviewer that she was
planning to kill Aimée and her young son. Aimée therefore regarded her attack
on Duflos as an act of preemptive self-defense based upon a misrecognition.
Aimée finally found the real punishment she unconsciously craved
(her jouissance) in her public humiliation, arrest, and confinement.
Lacan was struck by the relationship between memory (or, in this case,
false memory) and identity. One sees in Lacan’s early analysis of Aimée
many of the most significant elements of his psychoanalytic theory, including
the mirror stage, the imaginary, jouissance and its role in paranoia, and
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
Lacan was struck by the relationship between memory (or, in this case,
false memory) and identity. One sees in Lacan’s early analysis of Aimée
many of the most significant elements of his psychoanalytic theory, including
the mirror stage, the imaginary, jouissance and its role in paranoia, and
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
Lacan’s patient, the subject of numerous press accounts and much public
speculation, had come to believe that her young son was about to be murdered
by Duflos. One night Aimée attended a play which featured the famous
Parisian actress and suddenly lunged from the crowd of theatergoers,
brandishing a knife. Aimée was promptly arrested and given over to Lacan’s
care.
Lacan conducted an exhaustive number of analytic interviews with Aimée.
Lacan was able to reconstruct the trajectory of Aimée’s descent into what he
termed self-punishment paranoia. Aimée both feared and admired Duflos,
and she came to believe that the actress•really her ideal image of the actress•
posed a danger to her and to her young child. Duflos’s ideal image
was the object of Aimée’s intense hatred as well as her excessive fascination,
writes Lacan, and in attacking Duflos the deluded woman was really punishing
herself.
In one especially striking memory, Aimée recalled (falsely) reading an article
in a newspaper in which the actress told an interviewer that she was
planning to kill Aimée and her young son. Aimée therefore regarded her attack
on Duflos as an act of preemptive self-defense based upon a misrecognition.
Aimée finally found the real punishment she unconsciously craved
(her jouissance) in her public humiliation, arrest, and confinement.
Lacan was struck by the relationship between memory (or, in this case,
false memory) and identity. One sees in Lacan’s early analysis of Aimée
many of the most significant elements of his psychoanalytic theory, including
the mirror stage, the imaginary, jouissance and its role in paranoia, and
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
Lacan was struck by the relationship between memory (or, in this case,
false memory) and identity. One sees in Lacan’s early analysis of Aimée
many of the most significant elements of his psychoanalytic theory, including
the mirror stage, the imaginary, jouissance and its role in paranoia, and
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
tered Aimée in 1931 at Sainte-Anne’s Hospital, where he had begun his clinical
training as a légiste medicale, or forensic psychiatrist, four years earlier.
Lacan’s patient, the subject of numerous press accounts and much public
speculation, had come to believe that her young son was about to be murdered
by Duflos. One night Aimée attended a play which featured the famous
Parisian actress and suddenly lunged from the crowd of theatergoers,
brandishing a knife. Aimée was promptly arrested and given over to Lacan’s
care.
Lacan conducted an exhaustive number of analytic interviews with Aimée.
Lacan was able to reconstruct the trajectory of Aimée’s descent into what he
termed self-punishment paranoia. Aimée both feared and admired Duflos,
and she came to believe that the actress•really her ideal image of the actress•
posed a danger to her and to her young child. Duflos’s ideal image
was the object of Aimée’s intense hatred as well as her excessive fascination,
writes Lacan, and in attacking Duflos the deluded woman was really punishing
herself.
In one especially striking memory, Aimée recalled (falsely) reading an article
in a newspaper in which the actress told an interviewer that she was
planning to kill Aimée and her young son. Aimée therefore regarded her attack
on Duflos as an act of preemptive self-defense based upon a misrecognition.
Aimée finally found the real punishment she unconsciously craved
(her jouissance) in her public humiliation, arrest, and confinement.
Lacan was struck by the relationship between memory (or, in this case,
false memory) and identity. One sees in Lacan’s early analysis of Aimée
many of the most significant elements of his psychoanalytic theory, including
the mirror stage, the imaginary, jouissance and its role in paranoia, and
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
Lacan was struck by the relationship between memory (or, in this case,
false memory) and identity. One sees in Lacan’s early analysis of Aimée
many of the most significant elements of his psychoanalytic theory, including
the mirror stage, the imaginary, jouissance and its role in paranoia, and
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
Lacan’s patient, the subject of numerous press accounts and much public
speculation, had come to believe that her young son was about to be murdered
by Duflos. One night Aimée attended a play which featured the famous
Parisian actress and suddenly lunged from the crowd of theatergoers,
brandishing a knife. Aimée was promptly arrested and given over to Lacan’s
care.
Lacan conducted an exhaustive number of analytic interviews with Aimée.
Lacan was able to reconstruct the trajectory of Aimée’s descent into what he
termed self-punishment paranoia. Aimée both feared and admired Duflos,
and she came to believe that the actress•really her ideal image of the actress•
posed a danger to her and to her young child. Duflos’s ideal image
was the object of Aimée’s intense hatred as well as her excessive fascination,
writes Lacan, and in attacking Duflos the deluded woman was really punishing
herself.
In one especially striking memory, Aimée recalled (falsely) reading an article
in a newspaper in which the actress told an interviewer that she was
planning to kill Aimée and her young son. Aimée therefore regarded her attack
on Duflos as an act of preemptive self-defense based upon a misrecognition.
Aimée finally found the real punishment she unconsciously craved
(her jouissance) in her public humiliation, arrest, and confinement.
Lacan was struck by the relationship between memory (or, in this case,
false memory) and identity. One sees in Lacan’s early analysis of Aimée
many of the most significant elements of his psychoanalytic theory, including
the mirror stage, the imaginary, jouissance and its role in paranoia, and
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
Lacan was struck by the relationship between memory (or, in this case,
false memory) and identity. One sees in Lacan’s early analysis of Aimée
many of the most significant elements of his psychoanalytic theory, including
the mirror stage, the imaginary, jouissance and its role in paranoia, and
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
Lacan’s patient, the subject of numerous press accounts and much public
speculation, had come to believe that her young son was about to be murdered
by Duflos. One night Aimée attended a play which featured the famous
Parisian actress and suddenly lunged from the crowd of theatergoers,
brandishing a knife. Aimée was promptly arrested and given over to Lacan’s
care.
Lacan conducted an exhaustive number of analytic interviews with Aimée.
Lacan was able to reconstruct the trajectory of Aimée’s descent into what he
termed self-punishment paranoia. Aimée both feared and admired Duflos,
and she came to believe that the actress•really her ideal image of the actress•
posed a danger to her and to her young child. Duflos’s ideal image
was the object of Aimée’s intense hatred as well as her excessive fascination,
writes Lacan, and in attacking Duflos the deluded woman was really punishing
herself.
In one especially striking memory, Aimée recalled (falsely) reading an article
in a newspaper in which the actress told an interviewer that she was
planning to kill Aimée and her young son. Aimée therefore regarded her attack
on Duflos as an act of preemptive self-defense based upon a misrecognition.
Aimée finally found the real punishment she unconsciously craved
(her jouissance) in her public humiliation, arrest, and confinement.
Lacan was struck by the relationship between memory (or, in this case,
false memory) and identity. One sees in Lacan’s early analysis of Aimée
many of the most significant elements of his psychoanalytic theory, including
the mirror stage, the imaginary, jouissance and its role in paranoia, and
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
Lacan was struck by the relationship between memory (or, in this case,
false memory) and identity. One sees in Lacan’s early analysis of Aimée
many of the most significant elements of his psychoanalytic theory, including
the mirror stage, the imaginary, jouissance and its role in paranoia, and
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
Lacan was struck by the relationship between memory (or, in this case,
false memory) and identity. One sees in Lacan’s early analysis of Aimée
many of the most significant elements of his psychoanalytic theory, including
the mirror stage, the imaginary, jouissance and its role in paranoia, and
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
the power of misidentification.
Lacan’s detailed analysis of “the case of Aimée” in his 1932 doctoral thesis,
De la psychose paranoiaque dans les rapports avec la personnalité (paranoid
psychosis and its relations to the personality), laid the groundwork for much
of his later work on the nature of identity, the genesis of narcissism, the
power of the image, and the fundamentally social character of personality.
From 1933 onward, Lacan was known as a specialist in the diagnosis and
treatment of paranoia. His densely textured doctoral dissertation was widely
circulated among artists and poets identified with the Surrealist movement,
and Lacan wrote regularly for Minotaure, a Surrealist review published between
1933 and 1939 by Albert Skira. Many of Lacan’s interpreters regard
his work with philosopher Alexandre Kojève (1902-1968) as a theoretical
turning point and the genesis of his thinking on the psychological significance
of lack, loss, and absence.
In 1936 Lacan presented his paper “Le Stade du miroir” (the mirror
stage) at the fourteenth International Psychoanalytical Congress, held at
Marienbad in August of 1936 under the chairmanship of the preeminent
British psychoanalyst Ernest Jones. It is in this seminal essay, since lost, that
Lacan outlined his theory of the mirror stage. His theory of self-mastery
through mimicry, in which the young child responds to its prematuration or
defenselessness by identifying with images outside itself, was influenced by
the anthropological insights of Roger Caillois (1913-1978).
Lacan’s radical revision of psychoanalysis, which he regarded as a “return
to Freud,” led to his eventual ejection from the Société Française de Psychanalyse
(SFP) in 1963. Lacan founded a new school, first called the École
Française de Psychanalyse and then later the École Freudienne de Paris
(EFP). Lacan dissolved the EFP in 1980 and died a year later, leaving behind
a body of work which continues to influence psychoanalytic studies, philosophy,
and literary and cultural theory.
through mimicry, in which the young child responds to its prematuration or
defenselessness by identifying with images outside itself, was influenced by
the anthropological insights of Roger Caillois (1913-1978).
Lacan’s radical revision of psychoanalysis, which he regarded as a “return
to Freud,” led to his eventual ejection from the Société Française de Psychanalyse
(SFP) in 1963. Lacan founded a new school, first called the École
Française de Psychanalyse and then later the École Freudienne de Paris
(EFP). Lacan dissolved the EFP in 1980 and died a year later, leaving behind
a body of work which continues to influence psychoanalytic studies, philosophy,
and literary and cultural theory.
through mimicry, in which the young child responds to its prematuration or
defenselessness by identifying with images outside itself, was influenced by
the anthropological insights of Roger Caillois (1913-1978).
Lacan’s radical revision of psychoanalysis, which he regarded as a “return
to Freud,” led to his eventual ejection from the Société Française de Psychanalyse
(SFP) in 1963. Lacan founded a new school, first called the École
Française de Psychanalyse and then later the École Freudienne de Paris
(EFP). Lacan dissolved the EFP in 1980 and died a year later, leaving behind
a body of work which continues to influence psychoanalytic studies, philosophy,
and literary and cultural theory.
Sources for Further Study
Dor, Joel. Introduction to the Reading of Lacan: The Unconscious Structured Like a
Language. New York: Other Press, 1998. A clearly written and accessible
introduction. Includes a useful bibliography.
Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York:
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
introduction. Includes a useful bibliography.
Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York:
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Language. New York: Other Press, 1998. A clearly written and accessible
introduction. Includes a useful bibliography.
Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York:
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
introduction. Includes a useful bibliography.
Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York:
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Introduction to the Reading of Lacan: The Unconscious Structured Like a
Language. New York: Other Press, 1998. A clearly written and accessible
introduction. Includes a useful bibliography.
Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York:
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
introduction. Includes a useful bibliography.
Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York:
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
New York: Other Press, 1998. A clearly written and accessible
introduction. Includes a useful bibliography.
Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York:
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York:
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1997. A practicing
psychoanalyst clearly introduces Lacan in theory and in clinical practice.
Includes an extensive bibliography.
Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Translated by Bruce Fink. New York:W.W.
Norton, 2002. Lacan’s selections from his “writings”•really transcriptions
of his lectures and seminars. An important collection of seminal
works.
Leader, Darian, and Judy Groves. Introducing Lacan. New York: Toten Books,
1995. A concise, clearly written, and entertaining introduction to Lacan’s
most important concepts. Written by Leader, a practicing Lacanian analyst,
for the general reader and wittily illustrated by Groves.
Muller, John P., and William J. Richardson. Lacan and Language: A Reader’s
Guide to “Écrits.” New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
Guide to “Écrits.” New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
1995. A concise, clearly written, and entertaining introduction to Lacan’s
most important concepts. Written by Leader, a practicing Lacanian analyst,
for the general reader and wittily illustrated by Groves.
Muller, John P., and William J. Richardson. Lacan and Language: A Reader’s
Guide to “Écrits.” New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
Guide to “Écrits.” New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
Norton, 2002. Lacan’s selections from his “writings”•really transcriptions
of his lectures and seminars. An important collection of seminal
works.
Leader, Darian, and Judy Groves. Introducing Lacan. New York: Toten Books,
1995. A concise, clearly written, and entertaining introduction to Lacan’s
most important concepts. Written by Leader, a practicing Lacanian analyst,
for the general reader and wittily illustrated by Groves.
Muller, John P., and William J. Richardson. Lacan and Language: A Reader’s
Guide to “Écrits.” New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
Guide to “Écrits.” New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
1995. A concise, clearly written, and entertaining introduction to Lacan’s
most important concepts. Written by Leader, a practicing Lacanian analyst,
for the general reader and wittily illustrated by Groves.
Muller, John P., and William J. Richardson. Lacan and Language: A Reader’s
Guide to “Écrits.” New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
Guide to “Écrits.” New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
Écrits: A Selection. Translated by Bruce Fink. New York:W.W.
Norton, 2002. Lacan’s selections from his “writings”•really transcriptions
of his lectures and seminars. An important collection of seminal
works.
Leader, Darian, and Judy Groves. Introducing Lacan. New York: Toten Books,
1995. A concise, clearly written, and entertaining introduction to Lacan’s
most important concepts. Written by Leader, a practicing Lacanian analyst,
for the general reader and wittily illustrated by Groves.
Muller, John P., and William J. Richardson. Lacan and Language: A Reader’s
Guide to “Écrits.” New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
Guide to “Écrits.” New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
1995. A concise, clearly written, and entertaining introduction to Lacan’s
most important concepts. Written by Leader, a practicing Lacanian analyst,
for the general reader and wittily illustrated by Groves.
Muller, John P., and William J. Richardson. Lacan and Language: A Reader’s
Guide to “Écrits.” New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
Guide to “Écrits.” New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
Introducing Lacan. New York: Toten Books,
1995. A concise, clearly written, and entertaining introduction to Lacan’s
most important concepts. Written by Leader, a practicing Lacanian analyst,
for the general reader and wittily illustrated by Groves.
Muller, John P., and William J. Richardson. Lacan and Language: A Reader’s
Guide to “Écrits.” New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
Guide to “Écrits.” New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
Lacan and Language: A Reader’s
Guide to “Écrits.” New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
New York: International Universities Press, 1982. One of
the earliest and most comprehensive introductions to Lacan’s work,
coauthored by a practicing analyst and a philosopher with psychoanalytic
training.
Gerard O’Sullivan
See also: Language; Psychoanalytic Psychology; Psychoanalytic Psychology
and Personality: Sigmund Freud.
and Personality: Sigmund Freud.
Language; Psychoanalytic Psychology; Psychoanalytic Psychology
and Personality: Sigmund Freud.
1933 and 1939 by Albert Skira. Many of Lacan’s interpreters regard
his work with philosopher Alexandre Kojève (1902-1968) as a theoretical
turning point and the genesis of his thinking on the psychological significance
of lack, loss, and absence.
In 1936 Lacan presented his paper “Le Stade du miroir” (the mirror
stage) at the fourteenth International Psychoanalytical Congress, held at
Marienbad in August of 1936 under the chairmanship of the preeminent
British psychoanalyst Ernest Jones. It is in this seminal essay, since lost, that
Lacan outlined his theory of the mirror stage. His theory of self-mastery
through mimicry, in which the young child responds to its prematuration or
defenselessness by identifying with images outside itself, was influenced by
the anthropological insights of Roger Caillois (1913-1978).
Lacan’s radical revision of psychoanalysis, which he regarded as a “return
to Freud,” led to his eventual ejection from the Société Française de Psychanalyse
(SFP) in 1963. Lacan founded a new school, first called the École
Française de Psychanalyse and then later the École Freudienne de Paris
(EFP). Lacan dissolved the EFP in 1980 and died a year later, leaving behind
a body of work which continues to influence psychoanalytic studies, philosophy,
and literary and cultural theory.
through mimicry, in which the young child responds to its prematuration or
defenselessness by identifying with images outside itself, was influenced by
the anthropological insights of Roger Caillois (1913-1978).
Lacan’s radical revision of psychoanalysis, which he regarded as a “return
to Freud,” led to his eventual ejection from the Société Française de Psychanalyse
(SFP) in 1963. Lacan founded a new school, first called the École
Française de Psychanalyse and then later the École Freudienne de Paris
(EFP). Lacan dissolved the EFP in 1980 and died a year later, leaving behind
a body of work which continues to influence psychoanalytic studies, philosophy,
and literary and cultural theory.
through mimicry, in which the young child responds to its prematuration or
defenselessness by identifying with images outside itself, was influenced by
the anthropological insights of Roger Caillois (1913-1978).
Lacan’s radical revision of psychoanalysis, which he regarded as a “return
to Freud,” led to his eventual ejection from the Société Française de Psychanalyse
(SFP) in 1963. Lacan founded a new school, first called the École
Française de Psychanalyse and then later the École Freudienne de Paris
(EFP). Lacan dissolved the EFP in 1980 and died a year later, leaving behind
a body of work which continues to influence psychoanalytic studies, philosophy,
and literary and cultural theory.
Sources for Further Study
Dor, Joel. Introduction to the Reading of Lacan: The Unconscious Structured Like a
Language. New York: Other Press, 1998. A clearly written and accessible
introduction. Includes a useful bibliography.
Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York:
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
introduction. Includes a useful bibliography.
Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York:
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Language. New York: Other Press, 1998. A clearly written and accessible
introduction. Includes a useful bibliography.
Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York:
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
introduction. Includes a useful bibliography.
Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York:
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Introduction to the Reading of Lacan: The Unconscious Structured Like a
Language. New York: Other Press, 1998. A clearly written and accessible
introduction. Includes a useful bibliography.
Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York:
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
introduction. Includes a useful bibliography.
Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York:
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
New York: Other Press, 1998. A clearly written and accessible
introduction. Includes a useful bibliography.
Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York:
Routledge, 1996. Evans defines more than two hundred technical terms
in their historical contexts.
Fink, Bruce. A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique.
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