=====Genetic Order=====
In his [[Works of Jacques Lacan|early work]] [[Lacan]] seems to accept this [[development]]al reading of [[Freud]], at least in the matter of a [[development|genetic order]] for the three "[[family]] [[complex]]es" and for [[ego]] [[defence]]s.<ref>{{E}} p. 5</ref>
=====Criticism=====
In the early 1950s, [[Lacan]] becomes critical of [[development]] for various reasons.
======Nature======
Firstly, it presupposes a [[natural]] [[order]] for [[sexual]] [[development]] and takes no account of the [[symbolic]] articulation of [[human]] [[sexuality]], thus ignoring the fundamental differences between [[drive]]s and [[instinct]]s.
======Time======
Secondly, it is based on a [[time|linear concept]] of [[time]] which is completely at odds with the [[psychoanalytic theory]] of [[time]].
======Synthesis======
Finally, it assumes that a final [[dialectic|synthesis]] of [[sexuality]] is both possible and [[neurosis|normal]], whereas for [[Lacan]] no such [[synthesis]] exists.
=====Criticism=====
