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'''Jacques-Marie-Émile Lacan''' (April 13, 1901 – September 9, 1981) was a French [[psychoanalyst]] and [[psychiatrist]].
'''Slavoj Žižek''' (born March 21His work, 1949) is like most psychoanalytic work, owes a Slovenian sociologistheavy, philosopher and cultural critic. He was born in Ljubljanaexplicit debt to [[Sigmund Freud]], Slovenia (then part but also drew from a number of Yugoslavia)other fields, including [[linguistics]], [[philosophy]], and received a D.A. in Philosophy in Ljubljana and studied Psychoanalysis at the University of Paris. In 1990 he was a candidate with the party "Liberal Democracy of Slovenia" for president of the Republic of Slovenia[[mathematics]].
He received a Bachelor of Arts (philosophy and sociology, 1971), Master of Arts (philosophy, 1975), and Doctor of Arts (philosophy, 1981) at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, LjubljanaThis interdisciplinary focus in his work has led him to be an important figure in many fields beyond [[psychoanalysis]] - particularly within [[critical theory]].
He received His central idea was that the human subject is a Dcreation of its use of language.AFrom this understanding Lacan develops his study of psychoanalysis and his treatment strategies. His work, while controversial, continues to influence the development of psychoanalysis worldwide. in Philosophy in Ljubljana in 1981 In France and studied Psychoanalysis at the University elsewhere various "schools" of ParisLacanian thought have emerged. '''[[Slavoj ŽižekJacques Lacan|(continuedContinue...)]]'''<div align="right" class="noprint"> '''[[No Subject:Featured Article|Archive]]'''
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