
Anxiety (Seminar X), Episode 4
Lectures on Lacan Podcast
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What Is the Fetishist Compensating For?
According to Lacan, the fetish object is an attempt to recover the imaginary phallus that the paternal function said mommy doesn't have. So as a result, what they're looking for are ways to prop up the law that was only partially enunciated for them. In fact, it's shoe or the pants on. They can tell by your screams. And in fact, they don't even care.
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