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The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire, Part 3

Lectures on Lacan Podcast

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Is There a Good Enough Primary Caregiver?

The good enough model that Lacan is working with here at the level of a primary caregiver is just one that allows the human being to sustain its biological life. If you want to know the types of animals we are, we're basically worms. The structure of the organism is effectively that of a worm. So also with us. This is the worm, a bio animalistic being of pure need. They have material needs and they cry out. And I really want to emphasize this. A good enough parent in this model, a good enough primary caregiver in this model. Then have to be a mommy or a daddy or an auntie or an uncle or anything. It's just

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