THE TWELVE TRIBES OF DR. LACAN

La-CANE-ians: The cane or crutch is understood as a third leg or limping / stuttering phallus

LAKE-anians: the unconscious is structured like a lake

LACK-anians focus on “the ache of lack” and the desire to fill this void with ultimately unsatisfying and imaginary objects

La-CAN-ians: the can-do, pragmatic strain

La-CAN’T-ians: a form of negative dialectics

La-CUNT-ians: by far the most radical followers of Lacan, who believe the unconscious is structured like the female genital organ

La-KIN-ians: a cross between the ideas of Lacan and Levi-Strauss, which stresses the importance of interrelations and kinship patterns

LOW-canians situate themselves in opposition to the “high”’canians

La-CONE-ians believe the unconscious is structured like a cone

La-KANT-ians: a philosophical branch that connects the thinking of Lacan to that of Immanuel Kant

La-KILT-ians believe the unconscious is structured like a kilt