Jacques Lacan

Jacques-Marie-Émile Lacan (April 13, 1901 – September 9, 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. His clinical theory is rooted in the work of Sigmund Freud, and derives from linguistic sources (Ferdinand de Saussure), philosophical sources (Kojève on Hegel), as well as mathematical sources (René Thom, Nicolas Bourbaki, and topological theory of knots).

External links

• An overview at the Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
• Introduction to Lacan and his reputation
• Explanatory English lecture on Lacan
• Lacan Dot Com
• Lacan Online
• Homepage of the Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis and the San Francisco Society for Lacanian Studies
• Other Voices special issue on Psychoanalysis and Culture
• Article on Lacan at The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy