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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.
