Juan-David Nasio (born 1942 in Rosario) is an Argentinian psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and

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. He is one of the founders of ''Séminaires Psychanalytiques de Paris.''

Biography

After qualifying as a doctor from the

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, Nasio completed his residency as a psychiatrist at the hospital in

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. He emigrated to

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in 1969 where he attended the classes of Jacques Lacan. In may 1979, he did a course about the theme "subject of the unconscious", in the seminar of Lacan. He was a professor at the University of Paris VII

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for 30 years from 1971 and for three years had a seminar in the école Freudienne de Paris (1977-1980). After its dissolution in 1980, he founded the ''Séminaires Psychanalytiques de Paris'' (1986). He received the French

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. In addition to participating in Lacan's seminars and translating his ''Écrits'' into Spanish, he has authored numerous books in French, translated in 13 languages.

Distinctions

* 1999 : Knight of Legion of Honor. * 2001 : Illustrious citizen of the city of Rosario. * 2004 : Officer of

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. * 2012 :

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of the

and of the University of Tucuman. * 2015 : Doctor honoris causa of the

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. * 2016 : Doctor honoris causa of the University of Rosario and of the University 21 Century of Córdoba. * 2017 : Doctor honoris causa of the

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Bibliography

* ''L'Inconscient à venir'', Paris, Payot, 1993 * (dir.) ''Aux limites du transfert'', Rochevignes, 1985. * ''L’Enfant du miroir'', coauteur avec

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, Payot, 2002 * (dir.) ''Le Silence en psychanalyse'', Payot, 2001 * ''Enseignement de 7 concepts cruciaux de la psychanalyse'', Payot, 2001 * ''L'Hystérie ou l'enfant magnifique de la psychanalyse,'' Payot, 2001 * ''Cinq Leçons sur la théorie de Jacques Lacan'', Payot, 2001 * (dir.) ''Introduction aux œuvres de Freud, Ferenczi, Groddeck, Klein, Winnicott, Dolto et Lacan'', Payot, 1994 * ''Le Livre de la douleur et de l'amour'', Payot, 2003 * ''Le Plaisir de lire Freud'', Payot, 2001 * (dir.) ''Les Grands Cas de psychose'', Payot, 2000 * ''Un psychanalyste sur le divan'', Payot, 2009 (Poche) * ''L’Œdipe. Le concept le plus crucial de la psychanalyse'', Payot, 2012 * ''Le Fantasme. Le plaisir de lire Lacan'', Payot, 2005 * ''La Douleur d’aimer'', Payot, 2005 * ''La Douleur Physique'', Payot, 2006 * ''Mon corps et ses Images'', Payot, 2013 * ''Les Yeux de Laure. Nous sommes tous fous dans un recoin de notre vie'', Payot, 2009 * ''Introduction à la Topologie de Lacan'', Payot, 2010 * ''Comment agir avec un adolescent en crise ?'', Payot, 2013 * ''L’Inconscient, c’est la Répétition !'', Payot, 2012 * ''L’Inconscient de Vallotton'', RMN - Grand Palais ; Musée d'Orsay, 2013 * ''Art et psychanalyse'', Payot, 2014 * ''Oui, la psychanalyse guérit !'', Payot, 2016

English translations

* ''Book of Love and Pain: The Thinking at the Limit with Freud and Lacan''. Translated by David Pettigrew and François Raffoul (Albany: SUNY Press, 2003) * ''Five Lessons on the Psychoanalytic Theory of Jacques Lacan''. Translated by David Pettigrew and François Raffoul (Albany: SUNY Press, 1998) * ''Hysteria: The Splendid Child of Psychoanalysis''. Translated by Susan Fairfield (New York: Other Press, 1998) * ''Oedipus: The Most Crucial Concept in Psychanalysis''. Translated by David Pettigrew and François Raffoul (Albany: SUNY Press, 2010) - Awarded with the Choice Price (2011) * ''A Psychoanalyst on the Couch.'' Translated by Stephanie Grace Schull, revised and edited by David Pattigrew and François Raffoul (Albany: SUNY Press, 2012) * ''Why Do We always Repeat the Same Mistakes ?'' Currently this book is being translated into English by David Pettigrew and François Raffoul. (Albany: SUNY Press)

References

External links

“Portraits de la psychanalyse française”
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nasio, Juan-David Argentine psychoanalysts French psychologists Poststructuralists Argentine emigrants to France Academic staff of the University of Paris 1942 births Living people Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite People from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine writers in French