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My Take
What makes Jacques-Alain Miller impossible to ignore is his position as Lacan's student, son-in-law, and chief interpreter. He spent his life editing, teaching, and transmitting one of the most notoriously difficult bodies of thought in modern psychoanalysis, effectively serving as the gatekeeper of his master's legacy. Born in Chateauroux, a founder of the Ecole de la Cause freudienne and president of the World Association of Psychoanalysis, he is a giant you cannot sidestep, whether you admire or resist him. I will be honest that Lacanian theory mostly escapes me, but I deeply respect anyone who devotes an entire life to keeping a thinker's words alive.
Overview
Jacques-Alain Miller (French: [milɛʁ]; born 14 February 1944) is a psychoanalyst and writer. A former student of Jacques Lacan as well as his son-in-law, Miller is one of the founding members of the École de la Cause freudienne (School of the Freudian Cause) and the World Association of Psychoanalysis, the latter of which he presided over from 1992 to 2002.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jacques-Alain Miller
- Name (Japanese)
- ジャック＝アラン・ミレール
- Reading
- じゃっく＝あらん・みれーる
- Born
- February 14, 1944 (age 82)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Monkey
- Origin
- Châteauroux, Indre, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- psychoanalyst / university teacher / philosopher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.