The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
- The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
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name = The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
title_orig = "Les quatres concepts fondamentaux de la psychanalyse"
translator = Alan Sheridan
image_caption = 1981 Norton edition, with variant spelling of psychoanalysis
author = Jacques Lacan
illustrator = Jay J. Smith
cover_artist = François Leclaire (photo)
country = France
language = French
series = Seminars of Jacques Lacan
subject = Psychoanalysis
genre =
publisher = Éditions du Seuil
release_date = 1973
english_release_date = 1978
media_type = Hardback, paperback
pages = 290
isbn = 0-393-00079-6
preceded_by = Seminar X
followed_by = Seminar XII
"The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis" ( _fr. Les quatres concepts fondamentaux de la psychanalyse) is the English translation of one of the pivotal works of Jacques Lacan. The blurb describes the book as providing "illuminating insights into the mind of the most controversial psychoanalyst since Freud".
The 1994 edition contains an introduction by David Macey.
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