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==Jacques Lacan==
[[image:torus.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Torus]]
The [[torus]] is one of the [[:category:figures|figures]] that [[Lacan]] analyzes in his study of [[topology]].
torus (tore) The torus ==Torus==In its simplest [[form]], it is one of a ring, a [[three]]-dimensional [[object]] formed by taking a cylinder and joining the figures that Lacan analyses in his studytwo ends together.
of TOPOLOGY==Topology==[[Lacan]]'s first reference to the [[torus]] dates from 1953,<ref>{{E}} p. In itS Simplest form, 105</ref> but it is a ring, a three-dimensional objectnot until his [[work]] on [[topology]] in the 1970s that it begins to [[figure]] prominently in his work.
formed by taking a cylinder and joining ==Subject==The [[topology]] of the two ends together (Figure19).[[torus]] illustrates certain features of the [[structure]] of the [[subject]]:
Lacan's first reference to One important feature of the [[torus dates from 1953 (see E]] is that its center of gravity falls [[outside]] its volume, 105)just as the centre of the [[subject]] is outside himself; he is [[decentred]], but it is not'''[[extimacy|ex-centric]]'''.
until his work on topology in ==Extimacy==[[Another]] property of the 1970s [[torus]] is that it begins to figure prominently in"its peripheral exteriority and its central exteriority constitute only one single region."<ref>{{E}} p. 105</ref>
his work. The topology of This illustrates the torus illustrates certain features of way that [[psychoanalysis]] problematises the structure[[distinction]] between "[[extimacy|inside]]" and "[[extimacy|outside]]". (see [[extimacy]]).
of the subject:==See Also=={{See}}* [[Borromean knot]]* [[Extimacy]]||* [[Mathematics]]* [[Moebius strip]]||* [[Psychoanalysis]]* [[Structure]]||* [[Subject]]* [[Topology]]{{Also}}
One important feature of the torus is that its centre of gravity falls outside its==References==<references/>
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centric.  Another property of the torus is that 'its peripheral exteriority and its central exteriority constitute only one single region' (E, 105). This illustrates the way that psychoanalysis problematises the distinction between 'inside' and 'out- side' (see EXTIMIT…).__NOTOC__
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