Marcel Czermak

Marcel Czermak (4 October 1941 – 3 June 2021) was a French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He is well known for his outspoken stance against the proliferation of the so-called scientific discourse and for his significant contributions to the study of the psychoses.^[1][2]

Marcel Czermak
Born	4 October 1941
Died	3 June 2021(2021-06-03) (aged 79)
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	Psychiatrist Psychoanalyst

Biography

For many years, Czermak was director of the Centre psychiatrique d’orientation et d’accueil at the Sainte-Anne Hospital Center.^[3] He often participated in the presentations of Jacques Lacan. He was a founding member of the Association freudienne, which became the Association lacanienne internationale [fr].^[4] He was also the founder of the École psychanalytique de Sainte-Anne and wrote numerous books and studies.^[5] He served as co-editor-in-chief of the Journal français de psychiatrie.^[6] In 1987, he published an article in Le Monde diplomatique contesting "the general reference to science whose 'discourse' seems to be authoritative for all", particularly for politicians.^[7]

Marcel Czermak died on 3 June 2021 at the age of 79.^[8]

Publications

• Passions de l'objet : études psychanalytiques des psychoses (1986)
• Patronymies : considérations cliniques sur les psychoses (1998)
• Faut-il juger et punir les malades mentaux criminels? (2000)
• Délire des négations (2001)
• Les jardins de l'asile (2008)
• La navigation astronomique (2011)
• Chemins traversiers II (2015)
• Passage à l'acte et acting out (2019)