Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,722,183,857 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Lacan

   Also found in: Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia 0.02 sec.
La·can  (l-kän, lä-kä), Jacques 1901-1981.
French psychiatrist who was an early adherent and interpreter of Freud's theories in France, but whose own theoretical and clinical work diverged greatly from Freud's. His collection of essays and lectures Écrits (1966) greatly influenced linguistics and literary theory.
Lacan (French) [lakɑ̃]
n
(Biographies / Lacan, Jacques (1901-1981) M, French, MEDICINE: psychoanalyst, WRITING: structuralist) Jacques (ʒak). 1901-81, French psychoanalyst, who reinterpreted Freud in terms of structural linguistics: an important influence on poststructuralist thought


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
Lacan might question that the unconscious thinks let alone creates but it certainly, pace Freud, plays a big part in dreaming.
Grand Prix by Dunster, David / The Architectural Review
Relying on Homi Bhabha and Jacques Lacan for her theoretical framework, Khoo offers the reader a careful, imaginative account of what she terms (borrowing from Bhabha) the writing of the nation.
Reclaiming Adat: Contemporary Malaysian Film and Literature by Baxstrom, Richard / Pacific Affairs
He set "trap[s] for the gaze," as Jacques Lacan put it in his famous discussion (in "The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis") of Holbein's Ambassadors, 1533, the double portrait mystically marred by an anamorphically distorted skull.
Mortal immortal: Christopher S. Wood on Hans Holbein the Younger by Wood, Christopher S. / Artforum International
More results
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.