PSYCHOLOGIST

Jean Laplanche

1924 - 2012

Jean Laplanche

Jean Laplanche (French: [laplɑ̃ʃ]; 21 June 1924 – 6 May 2012) was a French author, psychoanalyst and winemaker. Laplanche is best known for his work on psychosexual development and Sigmund Freud's seduction theory, and wrote more than a dozen books on psychoanalytic theory. The journal Radical Philosophy described him as "the most original and philosophically informed psychoanalytic theorist of his day." From 1988 to his death, Laplanche was the scientific director of the German to French translation of Freud's complete works (Oeuvres Complètes de Freud / Psychanalyse – OCF.P) in the Presses Universitaires de France, in association with André Bourguignon, Pierre Cotet and François Robert. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Laplanche is the 177th most popular psychologist (up from 178th in 2019), the 3,550th most popular biography from France (down from 3,420th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Jean Laplanche ranks 177 out of 235. Before him are James Hillman, Edgar Rubin, Henry Murray, Carol Dweck, Giacomo Rizzolatti, and Benjamin Libet. After him are Edgar Schein, Julian Rotter, Abraham Brill, Georgi Lozanov, Nise da Silveira, and Fritz Heider.

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James Hillman
1926 - 2011
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 171
Edgar Rubin
1886 - 1951
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Henry Murray
1893 - 1988
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Carol Dweck
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Giacomo Rizzolatti
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Benjamin Libet
1916 - 2007
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Jean Laplanche
1924 - 2012
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 177
Edgar Schein
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Julian Rotter
1916 - 2014
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 179
Abraham Brill
1874 - 1948
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Georgi Lozanov
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Nise da Silveira
1905 - 1999
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Fritz Heider
1896 - 1988
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Jean Laplanche ranks 240. Before him are John Hansen, Klaus Huber, Luděk Pachman, Erik Balling, György Lázár, and Maurice Karnaugh. After him are Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, Vilgot Sjöman, Marc Ferro, Olga Gyarmati, Marga López, and Inge Sørensen. Among people deceased in 2012, Jean Laplanche ranks 199. Before him are Maurice Sendak, Claude Miller, Michel Duchaussoy, Paavo Berglund, Fang Lizhi, and Steve Franken. After him are Rajesh Khanna, Eve Arnold, Claude Pinoteau, Shukri Ghanem, Lakshmi Sahgal, and Tommy Godwin.

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