Lacan's Summary of Seminar XI

At a press conference during the Ecole Freudienne de Paris Congress in Rome in 1974, Jacques Lacan got involved in a question-and-answer session of a type guaranteed to set on edge the teeth of those not uncritically devoted to his cause. Miss X: - Could you specify for us what distinguishes the Ecole Freudienne de Paris from other schools? J. Lacan: - We are serious. That's the decisive distinction. Miss X: - The other schools are not serious?…