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paternal metaphor (mÈtaphore paternelle)                                  When, in 1956,
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Lacan first begins        to discuss the tropes of        METAPHOR and metonymy in
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The phrase "[[paternal metaphor]]" is introduced by [[Lacan]] in 1957.<ref>{{S4}} p. 379</ref>
  
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detail, the example he takes to illustrate the structure of metaphor is a line
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In 1958, he goes on to elaborate the [[structure]] of this [[metaphor]]; it involves the [[substitution]] of one [[signifier]] (the [[Name-of-the-Father]]) for [[another]] (the [[desire]] of the [[mother]]).<ref>{{E}} p.200</ref>
  
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from Victor Hugo's poem, Booz endormi (Hugo, 1859-83: 97-9). This poem
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retells the biblical story of Ruth and Boaz; while Ruth sleeps at his feet,
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The [[paternal metaphor]] thus designates the [[metaphorical]] (i.e. [[substitutive]]) [[character]] of the [[oedipus complex]] itself.
  
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Boaz dreams that a tree grows out of his stomach, a revelation that he is to
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It is the fundamental [[metaphor]] on which all [[signification]] depends: for this [[reason]], all [[signification]] is [[phallic]].
  
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be the founder of a race. In the line which Lacan quotes            - 'His sheaf was
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If the [[Name-of-the-Father]] is [[foreclosed]] (i.e. in [[psychosis]]), there can be no [[paternal metaphor]], and hence no [[phallic]] [[signification]].
  
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neither miserly      nor spiteful'    - the metaphoric substitution of 'sheaf' for
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'Boaz' produces a poetic effect of SIGNIFICATION (S3, 218-25; see S4, 377-
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content) and also inherent in the structure of metaphor itself. All paternity
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mvolves metaphoric substitution, and vice versa.
 
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    The phrase 'paternal metaphor' is introduced by Lacan in 1957 (S4, 379). In
 
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1958, he goes on to elaborate the structure of this metaphor; it involves the
 
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substitution of one signifier (the Name-of-the-Father) for another (the desire of
 
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the mother) (see Figure 13; E, 200).
 
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    The paternal metaphor thus designates the metaphorical (i.e. substitutive)
 
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character of the OEDIPUS COMPLEX itself. It is the fundamental metaphor on
 
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which all signification depends: for this reason, all signification is phallic. If
 
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the Name-of-the-Father is foreclosed (i.e. in psychosis), there              can be    no
 
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paternal metaphor, and hence no phallic signification.
 
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Name-of-the-Father      Desire of the Mother                                            A
 
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                                    ï                                        a Name-of-the-Father
 
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    Desire of the Mother    Signified to the subject                                        Phallus
 
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Figure 13      The paternal metaphor
 
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  Source: Jacques Lacan, Ecrits, Paris: Seuil, 1966.
 

Latest revision as of 20:49, 20 May 2019

French: métaphore paternelle

Paternal Metaphor

The phrase "paternal metaphor" is introduced by Lacan in 1957.[1]

In 1958, he goes on to elaborate the structure of this metaphor; it involves the substitution of one signifier (the Name-of-the-Father) for another (the desire of the mother).[2]

Lacan-paternalmetaphor.jpg

The paternal metaphor thus designates the metaphorical (i.e. substitutive) character of the oedipus complex itself.

It is the fundamental metaphor on which all signification depends: for this reason, all signification is phallic.

If the Name-of-the-Father is foreclosed (i.e. in psychosis), there can be no paternal metaphor, and hence no phallic signification.

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Le Séminaire. Livre IV. La relation d'objet, 19566-57. Ed. Jacques-Alain Miller. Paris: Seuil, 1991. p. 379
  2. ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p.200


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