Psychoanalysis
Jacques Lacan
1901–1981
“The unconscious is structured like a language.”
Jacques Lacan was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who made major contributions to psychoanalysis. He developed a complex theoretical framework combining Freudian psychoanalysis with structural linguistics, philosophy, and mathematics.
Contribution
Mirror stage, Real/Symbolic/Imaginary, desire of the Other
Key works
- • Écrits
- • The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
- • Seminar series