About Jacqueline Schaeffer
Lived 1934 – 2026 (aged 91). Jacqueline Schaeffer was a French psychoanalyst.
Jacqueline Schaeffer (; née de Lisle; 1934 – 4 January 2026) was a French psychoanalyst.
Life and career Born in 1934, Schaeffer was the daughter of polytechnician and entymologist Melchior de Lisle and the organist . In 1962, she married composer Pierre Schaeffer, who was a key figure in musique concrète. The couple had one daughter named Justine.
She was an honorary member of the Paris Psychoanalytic Society and served on the editing committee of from 1988 to 1997. She taught adult psychoanalysis at the Institut de psychanalyse de Paris and at the Sainte-Anne Hospital Center. She also oversaw psychoanalytic relations at the .
Schaeffer died on 4 January 2026, at the age of 91.
Distinctions Prix Maurice Bouvet (1987)
Selected works Books Devenir psychanalyste (2001) The Universal Refusal (A Psychoanalytic Exploration of the Feminine Sphere and its Repudiation) (2011) Qu'est la sexualité devenue ? De Freud à aujourd'hui (2019) Le refus du féminin : la Sphinge et son âme en peine (2022) Le féminin. Un sexe autre (2022)
Articles "Quel retour d'âge ? Début de la fin ou fin du début ?" (2005) "Le fil rouge du sang de la femme" (2005) "Cent ans après les Trois essais, que reste-t-il des trois scandales ?" (2008) "Les portes des mères" (2011) "Hystérie : le risque du féminin" (2014) "Le tabou de la frigidité. Le silence des alcôves" (2012) "Le risque de la perte. Angoisses et dépression au féminin" (2013) "Du non-père de la horde au père amant et au père œdipien" (2013) "La nuit des Mères Ombre de l’homosexualité féminine" (2015) "Au-delà du phallique : le féminin" (2016) "Amour, passion et emprise sexuelle" (2018) "L'avenir des confusions" (2022)
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Who was Jacqueline Schaeffer?
French psychoanalyst (1934–2026)
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Jacqueline Schaeffer was born on 25 May 1934 in Saint-Nazaire.
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Jacqueline Schaeffer died on 4 January 2026 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
What was Jacqueline Schaeffer's occupation?
Jacqueline Schaeffer was a psychoanalyst.
What nationality was Jacqueline Schaeffer?
Jacqueline Schaeffer was French.
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