The Cartel
As early as the Founding Act in 1964, Lacan made the cartel the “basic organ” of his School as well as of the formation of the psychoanalyst. It involves a “sustained elaboration in small groups. Each group will be composed of at least three people, five at most, four is the right balance. PLUS ONE responsible for the selection, the discussion and the outcome to be accorded to the work of each”. Almost sixty years later, the vitality of this mechanism of work with others has never waned.