To the Editors:

I would like to express some of my ambivalent feelings toward Jacque Lacan's theories. I have recently attempted to incorporate some of Lacan's concepts into my work on verbal and non-verbal resistance, and some elements have been quite useful.

I have, however, noticed that Dr. Mannoni (This Journal, volume 8, No. 1) and other disciples of Lacan seem to be overly defensive in their presentation of the material. Translations are typically prefaced with, "The material suffers in translation, " or " Ecrits is not easy to read." It would seem to me that if Lacan understands language's relationship to the imaginary, symbolic, and real, then he should be able to analyze his own material and discover why it is so difficult to link his concepts with language.