Jacques Lacan, la psychanalyse réinventée Jan 1, 2001

Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, heir to Sigmund Freud and the English school of psychoanalysis, passionate about both science and the movement of ideas, Jacques Lacan has been called the "French Freud". He was a clinician of madness in general and female madness in particular. He trained a large number of practitioners in France, and his theory had a worldwide impact.