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Name-of-the-Father

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  The expression "the name of the father," when it first appeared in Lacan’s work, in the early 1950s, referred generally to the "[[prohibition|prohibitive role]]" of the "[[symbolic]] [[father]]" as the one who lays down the [[incest]] [[taboo]] in the [[NamePedipus complex]]. <blockquote>"It is in the 'name of the father' that we must recognize the support of the symbolic function which, from the dawn of history, has identified his person with the figure of the law."<ref>{{E}} p.67</ref></blockquote>   -of-  From the beginning [[Lacan]] plays on the-Father|homophony of ''le nom du père'' (the name of the father) and ''le 'non' du père'' (the 'no' of the father), to emphasize the legislative and prohibitive function of the [[symbolic]] [[father]]" first appears . --- A few years later, in the seminar on the psychoses, the expression becomes capitalized and hyphenated and takes on a more precise meaning; the [[LacanName-of-the-Father]]is now the funndamental signifier which permits significaiton to proceed normally. This fundamental signifier both confers identity on the subject (it names him, positions him within the symbolic order) and signifies the Oedipal prohibition, the 's no' of the incest taboo. If this signifier is foreclosed (not included in the symbolic order), the result is [[Works psychosis]]. -- In another work on psychosis, Lacan represents of Jacques Lacan|workthe Oedipus complex as a metaphor ([[paternal metaphor]] ), in which one signifier (the early 1950s [[Name-of-the- without capital lettersFather]]) substitutes another (the desire of the mother).
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