Lacan Speaks (1 of 3)

Jacques Lacan (1901-1981) is widely regarded as one of the most influential psychoanalysts of the 20th century, one whose work has refashioned psychiatry both as a theory of the unconscious mind and as a clinical practice. His seminars and writings have also had a widespread influence throughout the humanities and social sciences, especially in education, legal studies, literary and film studies and women's studies.
As 'Jacques Lacan Speaks', a rare filmed documentary record of a 1972 university speaking appearance, makes clear, Lacan was also a highly controversial figure, with legions of both worshipful adherents and scornful critics. Appearing before a packed lecture hall, Lacan discourses—in his slow, deliberate, often circumlocuitous speaking style—on such subjects as death, language, psychoanalysis, love, alienation, paranoia and life itself. At one point his talk is disrupted by a young student, who contributes his own Situationist-inspired ridicule of self-styled public intellectuals such as Lacan. Rather than allowing security personnel to remove him, Lacan allows the young man to speak and later attempts to "respond" to his criticisms and to incorporate them into his presentation.
The following morning Lacan submits to a filmed interview, in which he responds to the filmmaker's questions about psychoanalysis.

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[HebaruSan]

Lacan speaks at 4:41.

[Eidos84]

@HebaruSan Fair point. I should have titled it "Long-winded Introduction...THEN Lacan Speaks" ;)

[etin183]

TU ME LA " COLLES " TOUJOURS AUTANT AVEC " ça " Jacquot...

Moi à l'époque je rédigeais ma thèse de doctorat sur la " Psychologie du compexe d'Oedipe dentaire " .

Luck.

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[curlysue27]

intolerable. ridicule.

[roryscanlon]

One could refer so carefully to oneself and the process of one's own revealing through language, so as to say not much at all, and present nearly no argument (in the interest of precision of course)....

[nicolasholzheu]

Small correction: the leader says 'Extraits de la conference... 1972' where as your description says '1971 university speaking appearance'.

Thanks anyway for the descriptive text as most users don't make the effort at all to provide decent source attributions or content descriptions...