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→Paternal Metaphor
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>
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]].
