This course is designed as an introduction to the work of Jacques Lacan. Lacan, who introduced Freudian psychoanalysis to France, insisted upon a “return to Freud,” to correct what he saw as a derailment of Freud’s intent by his followers. Through the medium of his own genius he extended Freud’s thought by making use of the linguistic science and the structuralist point of view that Freud did not have access to, but which - Lacan asserts - were immanent in his work. 

In this course, it will be elaborated that what Lacan studied in order to contribute to the Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory and the concepts of Lacanian psychoanalysis. The aim of this course is to help students getting a sense of Lacanian psychoanalysis.