Four Lessons of Psychoanalysis

In this delightfully readable and clearly written volume, the world renowned psychoanalyst Moustafa Safouan considers the works of Freud and Lacan. When Safouan met Lacan in 1949, he was all but ready to abandon the field due to the many contradictions and obscurities he found in Freud. Yet thanks to Lacans early presentation of the father as real, imaginary, and symbolic, Safouan stayed on, working with Lacan until Lacans death in 1981. One can track the evolution of Safouans teaching through his participation in Lacans published seminars and his early contributions.