Jacques Lacan Philosopher

Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (/ləˈkɑːn/; French: [ʒak lakɑ̃]; 13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who has been called "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud". Giving yearly seminars in Paris from 1953 to 1981, Lacan influenced many leading French intellectuals in the 1960s and the 1970s, especially those associated with poststructuralism. His ideas had a significant impact on critical theory, literary theory, linguistics, 20th-century French philosophy, sociology, feminist theory, film theory and clinical psychoanalysis.

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Birth date	April 13, 1901
Birth place	Paris , France
Date of death	September 09, 1981
Place of death	Paris , France
Era	20th-century philosophy
Main interest	Psychoanalysis

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influenced	Louis Althusser
influenced by	Sigmund Freud
notable idea	Mirror stage Graph of desire The Imaginary (psychoanalysis) The Real The Symbolic
philosophical school	Post-structuralism Psychoanalysis Structuralism
region	Western philosophy