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Jacques Lacan: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: Yale University - Open Yale Courses - Jacques Lacan in Theory. Jan 08, 2025
Add new Web site: Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Jacques Lacan (1901–81). Nov 13, 2024
Anniversary information added. Sep 05, 2024
Anniversary information added. Apr 09, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 20, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - A Very Brief Introduction to Jacques Lacan. Jan 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Good Therapy - Jacques Lacan. Oct 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Famous Philosophers - Jacques Lacan. Jul 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Focus on Jacques Lacan (1901–81)- Repressed Desire and the Limits of Language. Feb 11, 2023
Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Jacques Lacan. Dec 19, 2022
Corrected erroneous description of Lacan's view of the relation between language and the unconscious. Apr 20, 2010
Added new Web site: The European Graduate School - Biography of Jacques Lacan. Apr 28, 2009
Added new Web site: University of Colorado at Boulder - Biography of Jacques Lacan. Apr 28, 2009
Added new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Biography of Jacques Lacan. Apr 28, 2009
Added new Web site: European Graduate School - Biography of Jacques Lacan. Jun 20, 2007
Article revised. May 20, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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