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[[Castration]] is referred to throughout the work of [[Freud]] and [[Lacan]]. Although it undergoes certain referential changes, [[castration]] retains its place as a necessary element in the [[structuring]] of [[sexuality]] for the [[speaking]] [[being]]. | [[Castration]] is referred to throughout the work of [[Freud]] and [[Lacan]]. Although it undergoes certain referential changes, [[castration]] retains its place as a necessary element in the [[structuring]] of [[sexuality]] for the [[speaking]] [[being]]. | ||
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| + | In all of his discussions on sexuality, Freud emphasizes [[castration]]. What [[Freud]] learned from his [[clinical]] [[practice]] is that [[sexuality]] always involves a dimension of the impossibility of reaching total [[satisfaction]]]. In order to achieve some [[satisfaction]] it is necessary to renounce [[total]] [[satisfaction]] and this [[renunciation]] is one of the references to [[castration]], where [[castration]] is a condition for [[satisfaction]]. | ||
Revision as of 00:07, 3 February 2007
Castration is referred to throughout the work of Freud and Lacan. Although it undergoes certain referential changes, castration retains its place as a necessary element in the structuring of sexuality for the speaking being.
The notion of castration in Freud's work]]
//m// In all of his discussions on sexuality, Freud emphasizes castration. What Freud learned from his clinical practice is that sexuality always involves a dimension of the impossibility of reaching total satisfaction]. In order to achieve some satisfaction it is necessary to renounce total satisfaction and this renunciation is one of the references to castration, where castration is a condition for satisfaction.
