What did Lacan declare his controversial clinical practices to be?
A revolutionary leap ahead
A return to the roots of psychoanalysis
An experimental phase
"return to Freud"
Answer
Jacques Lacan, a French psychoanalyst, declared his controversial clinical practices to be a "return to Freud." He believed that Freud's theories were the most accurate and comprehensive understanding of the human psyche, and that his own practices were simply a more sophisticated and nuanced application of those theories.
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