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René Kaës

1936 – 2026

French psychoanalyst, psychologist & scholar

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Lived 1936 – 2026 (aged 89). René Kaës was a French psychologist, psychoanalyst and university teacher.

René Kaës (; 19 February 1936 – 1 February 2026) was a French psychologist and psychoanalyst.

Life and career Kaës studied psychosociology at Marc Bloch University and wrote a thesis titled Images de la culture chez les ouvriers français in 1966 and earned a doctorate in 1974 with a thesis titled Processus groupal et représentations sociales: Études psychanalytiques sur les groupes de formation under the supervision of Didier Anzieu. As a psychoanalyst, he was a member of the and served on the reading committee of the academic journal Cliniques méditerranéennes.

Kaës died on 1 February 2026, at the age of 89.

Publications Images de la Culture chez les ouvriers français (1968) L'appareil psychique groupal (1976) Crise, rupture et dépassement (1979) Le groupe et le sujet du groupe (1993) La parole et le lien. Associativité et travail psychique dans les groupes (1994) Souffrance et psychopathologie des liens institutionnels (1996) Les théories psychanalytiques du groupe (1999) Les voies de la psyché. Hommage à Didier Anzieu (2000) L'institution et les institutions: Études psychanalytiques (2003) Un singulier pluriel. La psychanalyse à l'épreuve du groupe (2007) Fantasme et formation (2007) Le complexe fraternel (2008) L’Institution en héritage. Mythes de fondation, transmissions, transformations (2008) Les alliances inconscientes (2009) Le malêtre (2012) Le meurtriel, l'incestuel et le traumatique (2015)

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Education
Marc Bloch University
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Aix-Marseille University (1896-1971), Lumière University Lyon 2

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Who was René Kaës?

French psychoanalyst, psychologist & scholar

When was René Kaës born?

René Kaës was born on 19 February 1936 in Fameck.

When did René Kaës die?

René Kaës died on 1 February 2026 in Aix-en-Provence.

What was René Kaës's occupation?

René Kaës was a psychologist, psychoanalyst and university teacher.

What nationality was René Kaës?

René Kaës was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: René Kaës

· Wikidata: Q3426434

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