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Lacanian work is an established feature of the psychoanalytic tradition in France, Belgium, Argentina, Spain and many other European and non-European countries. It has been estimated that about half the world’s analytic population (of approximately 20,000 practitioners) are trained in Lacanian frameworks, although in many countries they represent either more or less than this average.

Lacanian work is an established feature of the psychoanalytic tradition in France, Belgium, Argentina, Spain and many other European and non-European countries. It has been estimated that about half the world’s analytic population (of approximately 20,000 practitioners) are trained in Lacanian frameworks, although in many countries they represent either more or less than this average.

Lacan was criticized by a variety of people including his fellow post-modernist [[Jacques Derrida]], and fellow liberal [[Noam Chomsky]]. [[Alan Sokal]] and [[Jean Bricmont]] have observed that Lacan abused scientific terminology and often used terms that he clearly did not understand. <ref>Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont, 1998. Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science </ref>

Lacan was criticized by a variety of people including his fellow post-modernist [[Jacques Derrida]], and fellow liberal [[Noam Chomsky]]. [[Alan Sokal]] and [[Jean Bricmont]] have observed that Lacan abused scientific terminology and often used terms that he clearly did not understand.<ref>Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont, 1998. Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science</ref>

== See also ==

== See also ==