Jacques Lacan
Were the French structuralists of the 1960s really as cool as they seemed?
With Althusser murdering his wife and Foucault dallying with prepubescent boys, some of the group seem simply to have abdicated personal responsibility
Guardians of an ideal
The French have always favoured grand, elegant abstractions about the human condition, says Ruth Scurr. It’s part of their national identity
