His ‘followers’ are loyal and legion. Yet his ideas are complex and densely conveyed. Jacques Lacan. Martin Murray talks “about Lacan” in a way that nobody has before: he explains in crystal clear, easily understandable language not just what the notoriously opaque Lacan’s ideas were “about,” but also the various shaping forces — personal, historical, cultural, ideological, artistic — that were “about” Lacan and contributed to his thought and practice.