The Société Française de Psychanalyse (SFP) was a French psychoanalytic professional body formed in 1953, in a split from the main body of French psychoanalysts, the
''Société Parisienne de Psychanalyse'' (SPP).
The SFP was eventually dissolved in 1965, its resources and membership being split between the two new bodies, the
Association Psychanalytique de France
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(APF), and 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 ...
(EFP), founded by
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 ...
.
Foundation
The early 1950s were a time of growing disagreements within the SPP, mainly centred on the question of the training of analysts. Despite wishing himself to avoid a split, Lacan was drawn into the dissident movement led by
Daniel Lagache
Daniel Lagache (December 3, 1903 – December 3, 1972) was a French physician, psychoanalyst, and professor at the Sorbonne. He was born and died in Paris.
Lagache became one of the leading figures in twentieth century French psychoanalysis.
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, as a result of his own separate dispute with the president
Sacha Nacht
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over his practice of "short sessions".
After a year of disagreements and a vote of no confidence, five members of the SPP resigned from the body in June 1953. These five were Lacan, Lagache,
Dolto, Favez-Boutonnier and Reverchon-Jouve.
Unfortunately an unexpected by-product of the split was to deprive the new group, who termed themselves the Société Française de Psychanalyse (SFP), of membership of the
International Psychoanalytical Association
The International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) is an association including 12,000 psychoanalysts as members and works with 70 constituent organizations. It was founded in 1910 by Sigmund Freud, from an idea proposed by Sándor Ferenczi.
His ...
(IPA), to which they now had to seek out affiliation.
Affiliation
Over the following years a complex process of negotiation was to take place to determine the status of the SFP within the IPA. Lacan’s practice, with his controversial innovation of variable-length sessions, and the critical stance he took towards much of the accepted orthodoxy of psychoanalytic theory and practice was a central stumbling-block to recognition of the new society.
Eventually, in August 1963, a condition was set by the IPA that the registration of the SFP was dependent upon Lacan being removed from the list of training analysts with the organisation: as he himself put it, “this affiliation is to be accepted only if a guarantee is given that my teaching may ''never again'' be sanctioned by the Association as far as the training of analysts is concerned”.
Lacan refused such a condition and left the SFP together with many of its members in June 1964 to set up the EFP independently of the IPA. The remaining membership of the SFP, including many of Lacan's own pupils such as
Jean Laplanche
Jean Laplanche (; 21 June 1924 – 6 May 2012) was a French author, psychoanalyst and winemaker. Laplanche is best known for his work on psychosexual development and Sigmund Freud's seduction theory, and wrote more than a dozen books on p ...
, were to be recognised by the IPA the following year as part of a new body, the APF.
Outcome
Elisabeth Roudinesco
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concluded that “the 1963-4 break was as disastrous for the IPA as it was for the development of Lacanianism”.
[Roudinesco, p. 259]
See also
References
External links
SFP
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Jacques Lacan
Organizations established in 1953
Freudian psychology
1953 establishments in France
1965 disestablishments in France
Organizations disestablished in 1965
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