Dr Eric Smadja is a psychiatrist, a psychoanalyst, and a couples therapist. He is a member of the Société Psychanalytique de Paris and a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association. He works in Paris.

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He is also an anthropologist, an associate member of the American Anthropological Association and a member of the Society for Psychological Anthropology.

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In 2007, he was awarded the IPA’s Prize for “Exceptional Contribution made to Psychoanalytical Research”.

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His works are pluri and interdisciplinary in nature. International lecturer, he is the author of the following books:

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• Laughter (Le Rire) “Que sais-je” series, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, April 1993 (1st ed.), September 2011 (4th ed.); 1st English edition, September 2013 (College Publications, London); and other publications overseas (Spanish, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese, Korean and Ukrainian.

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• The Oedipus Complex, Focus of the Debate between Psychoanalysis and Anthropology (Le complexe d’Œdipe, cristallisateur du débat psychanalyse/anthropologie), Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2009. 1st English edition by Routledge, October 2017.

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• The Couple: A Pluridisciplinary Story (Le Couple et son Histoire) Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, March 2011 (1st edition) ; 1st English edition in 2016 (Routledge) ; other publications (Spanish, Korean,  Russian, Romanian and Chinese).

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• Couples in Psychoanalysis (Ed.) (Couples en psychanalyse) (Dir.), Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, May 2013 ; other publications in Spanish, Italian and Russian in 2018.

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•  Freud and Culture (Freud et la Culture), Paris : Presses Universitaires de France,  September 2013 ; 1st English Edition by Karnac Books and The International Psychoanalytical Association (2015).

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• On Symbolism and Symbolisation: The Work of Freud, Durkheim and Mauss, (1st English edition by Routledge, 2018).