Moustafa or Moustapha Safouan ( ar, مصطفى صفوان, 17 May 1921–7 November 2020) was an Egyptian

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 ...

Life

Born in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

, Safouan was the son of a teacher and trade unionist who was imprisoned for several years for his political activity in 1924. After studying philosophy in Alexandria, and unable to gain a place to study at

Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

in the aftermath of the war, he went to

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to study philosophy in 1946. After entering analysis with Marc Schlumberger, he underwent a training analysis 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 ...

in 1949. He attended Lacan's seminars in the early 1950s, though was forced to stay in Egypt for several years after

Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced Egyptian ...

came to power. Returning to France in 1959, he was sent by the Lacanian

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as a training analyst to

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

.Interview of Moustapha Safouan
by

Colin MacCabe Colin Myles Joseph MacCabe (born 9 February 1949) is an English academic, writer and film producer. He is currently a distinguished professor of English and film at the University of Pittsburgh.

, www.zamyn.org. Accessed 23 April 2012 His book ''Why are the Arabs Not Free'' argues that Arabic culture and politics are held back by the lack of regard given to vernacular Arabics. Safouan died on 7 November 2020. He was 99 years old.وداعا مصطفى صفوان... لاكان العرب

Works

* ''Le structuralisme en psychanalyse'', 1968 * ''Études sur l'Œdipe: introduction à une théorie du sujet'', 1974 * ''La sexualité féminine dans la doctrine freudienne'', 1976 * ''L'échec du principe du plaisir'', 1979. Translated by Martin Thom as ''Pleasure and being: hedonism, from a psychoanalytic point of view'', 1983. * ''Jacques Lacan et la question de la formation des analystes'', 1983. Translated by

Jacqueline Rose Jacqueline Rose, FBA (born 1949 in London) is a British academic who is Professor of Humanities at the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities. Life and work Jacqueline Rose is known for her work on the relationship between psychoanalysis, fe ...

as ''Jacques Lacan and the question of psychoanalytic training'', 1999 * ''La parole ou la mort: comment une société humaine est-elle possible?'', 1993. Translated by Martin Thom, with an introduction by

, as ''Speech or death? Language as social order: a psychoanalytic study'', 2002. * ''Four lessons of psychoanalysis'', 2004 * ''Why are the Arabs not Free? the politics of writing'', 2007 * ''La Civilisation Post-oedipidienne'', 2017

References

External links

* Moustapha Safouan
On the Formation of the Psychoanalyst
November 2003 * Moustapha Safouan
Questions Concerning Feminine Sexuality
16 October 2004 {{DEFAULTSORT:Safouan, Moustapha 1921 births 2020 deaths Egyptian psychiatrists French psychoanalysts Analysands of Jacques Lacan People from Alexandria Egyptian expatriates in France