ABSTRACT
Since its beginnings, and except for certain rare and short-lived moments, psychoanalysis has generally not been accepted by the public, and neither will it be accepted in the future for reasons of structure as Freud so clearly explained. Both Freud and Lacan knew (and had no illusions concerning the matter) that the very existence of psychoanalysis, as praxis and cultural phenomenon, implied an ongoing battle to resist attempts to eliminate it and guard against the risks of deviation and compromise. It is not an exaggeration to say that today we face a new avatar of this reality.
