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LACAN, JACQUES (1901–81) French psychoanalyst whose influence extends beyond the confines of clinical practice to the study of literature, politics and ideology. Lacan wrote no books in the standard sense; the majority of works published under his name are transcriptions of seminars that he delivered between 1948 and 1980. His most influential work, in terms of an English-speaking audience, is contained in Écrits: A Selection (1977), especially the opening essay ‘The Mirror Stage as Formative of the Function of the I as Revealed in Psychoanalytic Experience’.
Lacan regarded his work as a return to the tradition of psychoanalysis begun by Sigmund Freud which had been betrayed by his North American acolytes. Despite his claimed allegiance ...
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