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Many feminist thinkers have criticised Lacan's thought. Philosopher and psychoanalyst [[Luce Irigaray]] accuses Lacan of perpetuating [[Phallocentrism|phallocentric]] mastery in philosophical and psychoanalytic discourse.<ref>Luce Irigaray, "Cosi Fan Tutti," in Clive Cazeaux, ''Continental Aesthetics Reader'' (New York, 2011), pp. 377–386.</ref> Others have echoed this accusation, seeing Lacan as trapped in the very phallocentric] mastery his language ostensibly sought to undermine.<ref>[[Jacqueline Rose]], "Introduction – II", in Juliet Mitchell and Jacqueline Rose, ''Feminine Sexuality'' (New York 1982) p. 56</ref> The result, [[Castoriadis]] would maintain, was to make all thought depend upon Lacan himself, and thus to stifle the capacity for independent thought among all those around him.{{r|n=Roudinesco 1997|p=386}}
 
A significant amount of criticism emanated from former Lacan students, such as [[Jean Laplanche]] who argued that Lacan’s presence in an analytic society was incompatible with its mission.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} Former Lacan student [[Didier Anzieu]], in a 1967 article titled "Against Lacan," condemned him as a "danger" because he kept his students tied to an "unending dependence on an idol, a logic, or a language," by holding out the promise of "fundamental truths" to be revealed "but always at some further point ...and only to those who continued to travel with him." [[Sherry Turkle]] found that these attitudes are "representative
of how most members of the [[École Freudienne de Paris|Association]] talk about Lacan."{{efn|When the French Society of Psychoanalysis requested official recognition from and affiliation with the ''Association Psychanalytique Internationale'' ([[International Psychoanalytical Association]]) in 1959, the API demanded the sidelining of Jacques Lacan as a didactician. Two currents of the ''[[Société Française de Psychanalyse]]'' (French Society of Psychoanalysis) then stood opposed at each other: one current, which became the majority in the SFP in November 1963, was led by Daniel Lagache, and others, while a second current, which became the minority, brought together the supporters of Jacques Lacan.}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Turkle |first=Sherry |date=1978|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/228963082/Psychoanalytic-Politics-Freud-s-French-Revolution-Sherry-Turkle|access-date=October 24, 2023|author-link= Sherry Turkle |title=Psychoanalytic Politics: Freud's French Revolution |publisher=Basic Books |isbn=978-0465066070}}</ref>