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== Prohibitive 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 [[oedipus complex]].

When the expression ‘the name of the father’ first appears in Lacan’s work, in the early 1950s, it refers generally to the ‘’’prohibitive role’’’ of the [[father]] as the one who lays down the [[incest]] [[taboo]] in the [[Oedipus Complex]] (i.e. to the ‘’’symbolic father’’’).<blockquote>“It is in the ‘’name ‘name of the father’’ 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 Lacan, Jacques. Écrits. p.67</ref></blockquote>

Lacan plays on the homophony of ‘’le nom du pEre’’ (the name of the father) and ‘’le ‘non’ du pEre’’ (the ‘no’ of the father), to emphasize the legislative and prohibitive function ===The “No” of the symbolic father.Father===

In his seminar on the psychosesFrench language, the expression becomes capitalized and hyphenated. The Name-“the name of-the-Father Is now the fundamental signifier which permtis signification to proceed normally.This fundamental signifier both confers identity on the subject father” (it names him, positions him within the symbolic order“’’le nom du père’’”) and signifies the Oedipal prohibition, the ‘no’ of the incest aboo. If this signifier is foreclosed (not included in the symbolic order), the result is [[psychosis]].       The '''Name of the Father''' refers phonetically similar to the [[Law|laws]] and restrictions that control both [[desire]] and the rules of [[communication]], according to [[Lacan]].  The Name-of-the-Father is closely bound up with the [[superego]], the [[Phallus]], the [[symbolic]] [[order]], and the [[Oedipus Complex]].  The Name-of-the-Father has a shadow double in the Father-of-Enjoyment.   The '''Name expression “the ‘no’ of the Father''' father” (Fr. ‘’Nom “’’le ‘non’ du père’’père’’”) , or the '''names of the father''' is the [[signifier]] associated with the [[signified]] [[concept]] of the [[father]]. The name of the Father is a [[symbolic]] formation.  == Linguistics ==French theorist and psychoanalyst [[Jacques Lacan]] revised the [[Oedipus Complex]] in line with his [[structuralism|structuralist]] attempt to combine [[psychoanalysis]] and [[linguistics]]. The infant must identify with the father, in order to participate in [[sexual relations]]. However Lacan claimed that the position of the [[father]] could never be held by the [[infant]]. The infant could never ''become'' the father as this would imply sexual relations with the mother. {Through the dictates on the one hand to be the father and on the other not to, the father is elevated to an [[ideal]].} He is no longer a real father, but a [[role|function]] of a father.  Lacan terms this the [[Name of the Father]].  The same goes for the mother &mdash; Lacan no longer talks of a real mother, but simply of [[desire (Lacanian)|desire]], which is a desire to return to the undifferentiated state of ''being'' together with the mother, before the interference through the Name-of-the-Father.  This desire necessarily lacks something, i.e. it is a desire of lack.   The father and accordingly the phallus (not a ''real'' penis, but a representation of [[master]]y) can never be reached, thus he is above or outside the language system and cannot be spoken about. All language relies on this absence of the phallus from the system of [[signification]]. According to this theory, without a phallus ''outside'' of language, nothing ''in'' language would make sense or could be differentiated. Thus Lacan remodels the linguistic theory of Swiss linguist [[Ferdinand de Saussure]]. It is this idea that forms the basis of much contemporary thought, especially [[poststructuralism]]. Nothing can be thought that is ''outside'' of language, but the phallus ''is'' there and therefore structures the whole system of thought accordingly. Oedipus could also be thought of the theme of the story.  ==Freud vs Lacan== In ''[[Totem and Taboo]]'', [[Sigmund Freud]] uses a theory of the history, based on Darwin's [[theory of evolution]], in which there was first a terrible father that the brothers had to kill. Feeling guilty about it, the brothers began to pay homage to the father and founded [[monotheism]].  In Lacan's theory, the learning of [[language]] leads the child to kill his father as a [[symbol]]. Lacan does not use any historical theory.  This concept allows a new understanding of [[neurosis]]. ==Psychosis==Nevertheless, [[Jacques Lacan]] developed this concept with the ultimately unsuccessful aim of curing psychosis.   [[category:Freudian psychology]][[Category:Psychoanalytic theory]][[Category:Lacan]][[Category:Terms]][[Category:Concepts]][[Category:Psychoanalysis]]