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father (pËre) == [[Kid A In Alphabet Land]] == [[Image:Kida_f.gif |right|frame]]'''Kid A In Alphabet Land Fumigates Another Furious Foe - The Ferocious Father!''' Is That Your Penis Or Your Anus? It's Your Phallus, 'Cause You're A Phallacy, You Philanderer! You Were Always Such A Mother-Fucker, But You Know That, Don't You? Dad, You're Dead!
From very early on in his work, Lacan lays great importance on the role of the ==father in psychic structure. In his 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 (clearly visible in the images of absent fathers and humiliated fathers) as the cause of current psychopathological peculiarities (Lacan, 1938: 73pËre). The father continues to be a constant theme of Lacan's work thereafter.==
From very early on in his work, Lacan's emphasis lays great importance on the importance role of the father can be seen as a reaction against in psychic structure. In his 1938 article on the family, he attributes the tendency importance of Kleinian psychoanalysis and object-relations theory the [[oedipus complex]] to place the mother-child relation at the heart of psychoanalytic theory. In opposition to this tendency, Lacan continually stresses fact that it combines in the role figure of the father as a third term who, by mediating the imaginary DUAL RELATION between two almost conflicting functions: the MOTHER protective function and the child, saves prohibitive function. He also points to the child from psychosis and makes possible an entry into contemporary social existence. The father is thus more than a mere rival with whom decline in the subject competes for paternal imago (clearly visible in the mother's love; he is the representative images of the social order absent fathers and humiliated fathers) as such, and only by identifying with the father in the Oedipus complex can the subject gain entry into this ordercause of current psychopathological peculiarities. <ref>Lacan, 1938: 73</ref> The absence of the father is therefore an important factor in the aetiology continues to be a constant theme of all psychopathological structuresLacan's work thereafter.
However, Lacan's emphasis on the importance of the father is not a simple concept but can be seen as a complex one, one which begs reaction against the question tendency of what exactly is meant by Kleinian psychoanalysis and object-relations theory to place the term 'father'. Lacan argues that mother-child relation at the question 'What is a fatherT forms the central theme which runs throughout Freud's entire work (S4, 204-5)heart of psychoanalytic theory. It is in order In opposition to answer this question that, from 1953 ontendency, Lacan continually stresses the importance role of distinguishing between the symbolic fatheras a third term who, by mediating the imaginary [[dual relation]] between the [[mother]] and the child, saves the child from psychosis and makes possible an entry into social existence. The fatheris thus more than a mere rival with whom the subject competes for the mother's love; he is the representative of the social order as such, and only by identifying with the father in the Oedipus complex can the subject gain entry into this order. The absence of the real father:is therefore an important factor in the aetiology of all psychopathological structures.
== The symbolic father ==The symbolic However, the father is not a real being simple concept but a positioncomplex one, a function, and hence one which begs the question of what exactly is synonymous with meant by the term 'paternal functionfather'. This function is none other than Lacan argues that of imposing the LAW and regulating desire in the Oedipus complex, of intervening in the imaginary dual relationship between mother and child to introduce a necessary 'symbolic distance' between them (S4, 161). question 'The true function of the Father . . . What is fundamentally to unite (and not to set in opposition) a desire and fatherT forms the Lawcentral theme which runs throughout Freud' (Es entire work.<ref>S4, 321). Although the symbolic father 204-5</ref> It is not an actual subject but a position in the symbolic order, a subject may nevertheless come to occupy answer this positionquestion that, from 1953 on, by virtue Lacan stresses the importance of exercising distinguishing between the paternal function. Nobody can ever occupy this position completely (S4, 205, 210, 219). Howeversymbolic father, the symbolic imaginary father does not usually intervene by virtue of someone incarnating this function, but in a veiled fashion, for example by being mediated by and the discourse of the mother (see S4, 276).real father:
==The symbolic father ==The symbolic father is not a real being but a position, a function, and hence is synonymous with the fundamental element in the structure term 'paternal function'. This function is none other than that of imposing the symbolic order; what distinguishes LAW and regulating desire in the symbolic order Oedipus complex, of culture from intervening in the imaginary order of nature is the inscription of dual relationship between mother and child to introduce a line of male descendencenecessary 'symbolic distance' between them. By structuring descendence into a series of generations<ref>S4, patrilineality introduces an order 161</ref> 'whose structure The true function of the Father . . . is different from the natural order' fundamentally to unite (S3, 320and not to set in opposition)a desire and the Law. The "<ref>E, 321</ref> Although the symbolic father is also not an actual subject but a position in the dead fathersymbolic order, a subject may nevertheless come to occupy this position, the father by virtue of exercising the primal horde who has been murdered by his own sons (see Freudpaternal function. Nobody can ever occupy this position completely.<ref>S4, 205, 210, 219</ref> However, 1912-13). The the symbolic father is also referred to as does not usually intervene by virtue of someone incarnating this function, but in a veiled fashion, for example by being mediated by the discourse of the NAME-OF-THE-FATHER (Slmother.<ref>see S4, 259).276</ref>
The presence of symbolic father is the imaginary phallus as a third term fundamental element in the preoedipal imaginary triangle indicates that structure of the symbolic father is already functioning at the preoedipal stageorder; behind what distinguishes the symbolic motherorder of culture from the imaginary order of nature is the inscription of a line of male descendence. By structuring descendence into a series of generations, there patrilineality introduces an order 'whose structure is always different from the natural order."<ref>S3, 320</ref> The symbolic father. The psychotic, however, does not even get this far; indeedis also the dead father, it is the absence father of the primal horde who has been murdered by his own sons.<ref>see Freud, 1912-13</ref> The symbolic father which characterises is also referred to as the essence [[name of the psychotic structure (see FORECLOSURE)father]].<ref>Sl, 259</ref>
The imaginary father The imaginary father is an imago, the composite presence of all the imaginary constructs that the subject builds up phallus as a third term in fantasy around the figure of the father. This preoedipal imaginary construction often bears little relationship to triangle indicates that the symbolic father as he is in reality (S4, 220). The imaginary father can be construed as an ideal father (Sl, 156already functioning at the preoedipal stage; E, 321), or behind the oppositesymbolic mother, as 'there is always the symbolic father who has fucked the kid up' (S7, 308). In the former guiseThe psychotic, the imaginary father is the prototype of God-figures in religionshowever, an all-powerful protector. In the latter roledoes not even get this far; indeed, the imaginary father it is both the terrifying father absence of the primal horde who imposes the incest taboo on his sons (see Freud, 1912-13), and the agent of PRIVATION, the symbolic father whom which characterises the daughter blames for depriving her essence of the symbolic phallus, or its equivalent, a child psychotic structure (S4, 98; see Figure 7 and S7, 307). In both guises, though, whether as the ideal father or as the cruel agent of privation, the imaginary father is seen as omnipotent (S4, 275-6[[foreclosure]]). Psychosis and perversion both involve, in different ways, a reduction of the symbolic father to the imaginary father.
==The imaginary father==
The imaginary father is an imago, the composite of all the imaginary constructs that the subject builds up in fantasy around the figure of the father. This imaginary construction often bears little relationship to the father as he is in reality."<ref>S4, 220</ref> The imaginary father can be construed as an ideal father,<ref>Sl, 156; E, 321</ref> or the opposite, as 'the father who has fucked the kid up."<ref>S7, 308</ref> In the former guise, the imaginary father is the prototype of God-figures in religions, an all-powerful protector. In the latter role, the imaginary father is both the terrifying father of the primal horde who imposes the incest taboo on his sons,<ref>see Freud, 1912-13</ref> and the agent of [[privation]], the father whom the daughter blames for depriving her of the symbolic phallus, or its equivalent, a child.<ref>S4, 98 see Figure 7 and S7, 307</ref> In both guises, though, whether as the ideal father or as the cruel agent of privation, the imaginary father is seen as omnipotent.<ref>S4, 275-6</ref> Psychosis and perversion both involve, in different ways, a reduction of the symbolic father to the imaginary father.
e ==The real father == While Lacan is quite clear in defining what he means by the imaginary father and the symbolic father, his remarks on the real father are quite obscure (.<ref>see, for example, S4, 220). </ref>Lacan's only unequivocal formulation is that the real father is the agent of castration, the one who performs the operation of symbolic castration (.<ref>Sl7, 149; see Figure 7 and S7, 307). </ref> Apart from this, Lacan gives few other clues about what he means by the phrase. In 1960, he describes the real father as the one who 'effectively occupies' the mother, the 'Great Fucker' (,<ref>S7, 307), </ref> and even goes on to say, in 1970, that the real father is the spermatozoon, though he immediately qualifies this statement with the remark that nobody has ever thought of himself as the son of a spermatozoon (.<ref>Sl7, 148). </ref> On the basis of these comments, it seems possible to argue that the real father is the biological father of the subject. However, since a degree of uncertainty always surrounds the question of who the biological father really is ('"pater semper incertus est", while the mother is "certissima"'; <ref>Freud, 1909c: SE IX, 239), <ref> it would be more precise to say that the real father is the man who is said to be the subject's biological father. The real father is thus an effect of language, and it is in this sense that the adjective real is to be understood here: the real of language, rather than the real of biology (.<ref>Sl7, 147-8).The real father plays a crucial role in the Oedipus complex; it is he who intervenes in the third 'time' of the Oedipus complex as the one who castrates the child (see CASTRATION COMPLEx). This intervention saves the child from the preceding anxiety; without it, the child requires a phobic object as a symbolic substitute for the absent real father. The intervention of the real father as agent of castration is not simply equivalent to his physical presence in the family. As the case of Little Hans indicates (Freud, 1909b), the real father may be physically present and yet fail to intervene as agent of castration (S4, 212, 221). Conversely, the intervention of the real father may well be felt by the child even when the father is physically absent.</ref>
== The real father plays a crucial role in the Oedipus complex; it is he who intervenes in the third 'time' of the Oedipus complex as the one who castrates the child (see [[Kid A In Alphabet Landcastration complex]] ==). This intervention saves the child from the preceding anxiety; without it, the child requires a phobic object as a symbolic substitute for the absent real father. The intervention of the real father as agent of castration is not simply equivalent to his physical presence in the family. As the case of Little Hans indicates,<ref>Freud, 1909b</ref> the real father may be physically present and yet fail to intervene as agent of castration.<ref>S4, 212, 221</ref> Conversely, the intervention of the real father may well be felt by the child even when the father is physically absent.
[[Image:Kida_f.gif |right|frame]]==References=='''Kid A In Alphabet Land Fumigates Another Furious Foe - The Ferocious Father!'''<references/>
Is That Your Penis Or Your Anus? It's Your Phallus, 'Cause You're A Phallacy, You Philanderer! You Were Always Such A Mother-Fucker, But You Know That, Don't You? Dad, You're Dead!
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