Jean Laplanche

1924–2012, France

French psychoanalyst. Developed the general seduction theory and co-authored the reference dictionary of psychoanalysis with Pontalis.

Books

  • Life and Death in Psychoanalysis (1970)

    Laplanche reexamines Freud's life and death drives, proposing a rigorous rereading of sexuality and aggression in metapsychology.