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The [[torus]] ([[French]]: ''tore'') is one of the [[:category:figures|figures]] that [[Lacan]] analyses in his study of [[topology]].
torus (tore) The 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. In itS Simplest form[[Lacan]]'s first reference to the [[torus dates]] from 1953,<ref>E, 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 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 centre of gravity falls outside its volume, 105)just as the centre of the [[subject]] is outside himself; he is [[decentred]], but it is notexcentric.
until his work on topology in 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, 105</ref>
his work. The topology of This illustrates the torus illustrates certain features of way that [[psychoanalysis]] problematises the structuredistinction between 'inside' and 'outside.' (see [[extimacy]]).
of the subject[[Category:Topology]][[Category:Terms]] One important feature of the torus is that its centre of gravity falls outside its[[Category:Figures]] volume, just as the centre of the subject is outside himself; he is decentred, ex- 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…).[[Category:Jacques Lacan]]
