ABSTRACT
It is fair to say, I think, that French psychoanalysis today is still rich and vibrant. To give a clear picture of the current psychoanalytic landscape, it is necessary to go back to the 1950s. After World War Two, in the enthusiasm of the post-war years, psychoanalysis flourished in Paris. At the time it was strongly influenced by “ego-psychology”, imported from Vienna by Lowenstein. At the Paris Psychoanalytic Society (SPP), founded in 1926 by Freud and Princess Marie Bonaparte, there were some strong personalities such as Sacha Nacht, Daniel Lagache, and … a young and talented analyst by the name of Jacques Lacan.
