Television a challenge to the psychoanalytic establishment is the 1990 english language translation of jacques lacans text television accompanied by a dossier on the institutional debate the single volume thus includes two distinct projects which were separately translated lacans television in 1973 the film maker benoit jacquot approached jacques lacan via jacques alain . Psychoanalytic establishment television a challenge to the section a reading 20 marks nov 23 2019 1 the film industry is facing the challenge of the television screen which because of its ready availability and nearness to entertainment seekers is becoming very popular particularly in the west where television programmes are as indispensable to people as newspaper material sustained . Television a challenge to the psychoanalytic establishment jacques lacan joan copjec an essential work for anyone wishing to understand the institutionalization of freudian thought and the challenge lacan represents as he answers the most frequently asked questions about his theory and practice. The second half of this illuminating volume a challenge to the psychoanalytic establishment includes the dossier on the institutional debate the papers it comprises such as the july 1953 report from the president of the international psychanalytic association heinz hartmann document some of the controversy that swirled around lacan for the last thirty years of his teaching including