Écrits
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Écrits is a seminal collection of psychoanalytic essays by Jacques Lacan that systematizes his influential reinterpretation of Freud through structural linguistics and philosophy.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Écrits canonical | 2 |
| Écrits (by Jacques Lacan) | 1 |
| Écrits: A Selection | 1 |
| Écrits: The First Complete Edition in English | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8058714 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Écrits Context triple: [Jacques Lacan, notableWork, Écrits]
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A.
Essais
Essais is a seminal collection of personal reflections and philosophical musings by Michel de Montaigne that helped establish the essay as a literary form.
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B.
Selected Writings
Selected Writings is a multi-volume collection of Roman Jakobson’s most influential essays on linguistics, poetics, and semiotics.
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C.
L’écriture ou la vie
L’écriture ou la vie is a memoir by Jorge Semprún in which he reflects on his survival of Nazi concentration camps and the struggle between bearing witness through writing and the desire to live beyond trauma.
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D.
Nachgelassene Schriften
Nachgelassene Schriften is a posthumously published collection of writings by Austrian author Hugo von Hofmannsthal, showcasing his literary and intellectual legacy.
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E.
Gesammelte Werke
Gesammelte Werke is the multi-volume collected edition of Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s literary works, including his poetry, dramas, essays, and prose.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Écrits Target entity description: Écrits is a seminal collection of psychoanalytic essays by Jacques Lacan that systematizes his influential reinterpretation of Freud through structural linguistics and philosophy.
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A.
Essais
Essais is a seminal collection of personal reflections and philosophical musings by Michel de Montaigne that helped establish the essay as a literary form.
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B.
Selected Writings
Selected Writings is a multi-volume collection of Roman Jakobson’s most influential essays on linguistics, poetics, and semiotics.
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C.
L’écriture ou la vie
L’écriture ou la vie is a memoir by Jorge Semprún in which he reflects on his survival of Nazi concentration camps and the struggle between bearing witness through writing and the desire to live beyond trauma.
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D.
Nachgelassene Schriften
Nachgelassene Schriften is a posthumously published collection of writings by Austrian author Hugo von Hofmannsthal, showcasing his literary and intellectual legacy.
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E.
Gesammelte Werke
Gesammelte Werke is the multi-volume collected edition of Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s literary works, including his poetry, dramas, essays, and prose.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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collection of essays ⓘ |
| author | Jacques Lacan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| field |
literary theory
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philosophy ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy of psychoanalysis
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psychoanalysis literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Agency of the Letter in the Unconscious or Reason Since Freud
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The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis ⓘ The Mirror Stage as Formative of the I Function ⓘ
linked to:
the mirror stage
The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire in the Freudian Unconscious ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
Écrits: A Selection
ⓘ
linked to:
Écrits
Écrits: The First Complete Edition in English ⓘ
linked to:
Écrits
|
| influenced |
critical theory
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film theory ⓘ literary theory ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ psychoanalytic theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alexandre Kojève
ⓘ
Claude Lévi-Strauss ⓘ Ferdinand de Saussure ⓘ Hegelian philosophy ⓘ Martin Heidegger ⓘ Sigmund Freud ⓘ structural linguistics ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on French theory
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integration of structural linguistics into psychoanalysis ⓘ systematizing Lacan's reinterpretation of Freud ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions du Seuil ⓘ |
| subject |
Sigmund Freud
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desire ⓘ language ⓘ philosophy ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ semiotics ⓘ structural linguistics ⓘ structuralism ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ unconscious ⓘ |
| title | Écrits ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (5)
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linked to: Écrits
linked to: Écrits
linked to: Écrits