PSYCHOLOGIST

Jacques Lacan

1901 - 1981

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Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (UK: , US: lə-KAHN; French: [ʒak maʁi emil lakɑ̃]; 13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud", Lacan gave yearly seminars in Paris, from 1953 to 1981, and published papers that were later collected in the book Écrits. Transcriptions of his seminars, given between 1954 and 1976, were also published. His work made a significant impact on continental philosophy and cultural theory in areas such as post-structuralism, critical theory, feminist theory and film theory, as well as on the practice of psychoanalysis itself. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Lacan is the 9th most popular psychologist, the 152nd most popular biography from France (down from 135th in 2019) and the most popular French Psychologist.

Jacques Lacan is most famous for his idea that the unconscious is structured like a language. This idea is based on the idea that the unconscious is structured like a language.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Jacques Lacan ranks 9 out of 235. Before him are Jean Piaget, Erich Fromm, Alfred Adler, Abraham Maslow, Wilhelm Wundt, and Lev Vygotsky. After him are Viktor Frankl, Erik Erikson, John Dewey, William James, Carl Rogers, and Gustave Le Bon.

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Among people born in 1901, Jacques Lacan ranks 9. Before him are Werner Heisenberg, Marlene Dietrich, Enrico Fermi, Sukarno, Louis Armstrong, and Rudolf Höss. After him are Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Fulgencio Batista, Clark Gable, Linus Pauling, Leopold III of Belgium, and Ngo Dinh Diem. Among people deceased in 1981, Jacques Lacan ranks 3. Before him are Bob Marley, and Anwar Sadat. After him are Albert Speer, Hans Adolf Krebs, Moshe Dayan, Bill Haley, Frederica of Hanover, Claude Auchinleck, Soong Ching-ling, Max Euwe, and Odd Hassel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Lacan ranks 152 out of 6,770. Before him are Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122), Roland Barthes (1915), Charles I of Anjou (1226), Gérard Depardieu (1948), Paul Verlaine (1844), and Jean-François Champollion (1790). After him are Charles VIII of France (1470), Francis II of France (1544), Charles VI of France (1368), Pope Callixtus II (1065), Georges Braque (1882), and Charles V of France (1338).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In France

Among psychologists born in France, Jacques Lacan ranks 1. After him are Gustave Le Bon (1841), Alfred Binet (1857), Princess Marie Bonaparte (1882), Pierre Janet (1859), Théodule-Armand Ribot (1839), Émile Coué (1857), Henri Wallon (1879), Françoise Dolto (1908), Jacques-Alain Miller (1944), Jean Laplanche (1924), and Boris Cyrulnik (1937).

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