Alain Vanier is a Psychoanalyst, Member and Past President, Espace Analytique, Paris. Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Universite de Paris VII-Denis Diderot, where he heads the Centre de Recherches Psychoanalyse et Medecine C.R.P.M.). Author: Lacan; Lexico de Psicoanalisis, and numerous articles on psychoanalysis and culture. Case presentation by Rachel Gorman