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Angelo Louis Marie Hesnard (or Angel Marie Louis Hesnard; 22 May 1886,
Pontivy Pontivy (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the confluence of the river Blavet and the Canal de Nantes à Brest. Inhabitants of Pontivy are called ''Pontivyens'' in French. Map History ...
– 17 April 1969,
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) was a French born
psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...
and
psychoanalyst PsychoanalysisFrom Greek language, Greek: + . is a set of Theory, theories and Therapy, therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a bo ...
, and was an important figure in 1930s French
sexology Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behaviors, and functions. The term ''sexology'' does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sexuality, such as social criticism. Sexologists app ...
.


Life and career

Coming from an impoverished background, Hesnard educated himself through the French navy; and it was a naval doctor that he co-authored the first book on
Freud Sigmund Freud ( , ; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies explained as originating in conflicts in ...
in French in 1914. Despite never being analysed, Hesnard was a founding member of the
Paris Psychoanalytic Society The Paris Psychoanalytical Society (SPP) is the oldest psychoanalytical organisation in France. Founded with Freud’s endorsement in 1926, the S.P.P. is a component member of the International Psychoanalytical Association (I.P.A.) as well as of t ...
, the first French psychoanalytics institution. Loyal to
Vichy France Vichy France (french: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State ('), was the fascist French state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II. Officially independent, but with half of its ter ...
in the war, Hesnard continued to serve in the navy, and was in French North Africa when he wrote his notorious article of 'The Jewishness of Sigmund Freud'/ In the fifties he debated with
Jacques Lacan Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (, , ; 13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud", Lacan gave yearly seminars in Paris from 1953 to 1981, and pu ...
over the meaning of Freud's saying "Where It was, shall I be"; but when debarred by the IPA from the roster of training analysts as a representative of the chauvinist wing of French psychoanalysis, he followed Lacan into the
École Freudienne de Paris The École freudienne de Paris (EFP) was a French psychoanalytic professional body formed in 1964 by Jacques Lacan. It became 'a vital—if conflict-ridden—institution until its dissolution in 1980'. Early history In 1953 conflict within the P ...
in 1964E. Roudinesco, ''Jacques Lacan'' (1999) p. 266 and p. 258


Works

* ''L'univers morbide de la faute'', 1949 * ''Psychanalyse du lien interhumain'', 1957 * ''L'oeuvre de Freud et son importance pour le monde moderne'' 1960 * ''Psychologie du crime'', 1963 * ''De Freud à Lacan'', 1970 * Works by Angelo Hesnardorganize , filterStrange Lust : The Psychology of Homosexuality, La psicoanalisi da Freud a Lacan, Psychologie homosexuell


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1886 births 1969 deaths People from Pontivy French psychiatrists French psychoanalysts Scientists from Brittany 20th-century French physicians {{France-med-bio-stub