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FATHER
From very early on in his [[Works of Jacques Lacan|work]], [[Lacan]] lays great importance on the role of the [[father]] in [[psychic structure]].
In hi 1938 article on the family, he attributes the importance of the [[Oedipus complex]] to the fact that it combines in the figure of the [[father]] two almost conflicting functions: the protective function and the prohibitive function.
He also points to the contemporary social decline in the paternal imago as the cause of current psychopathological peculiarities.<ref>Lacan. 1938. p.73.</ref>
The father continues to be a constant theme of [[Lacan]]'s work thereafter.
==father (pËre)==
