
The Drive, Episode 3
Lectures on Lacan Podcast
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The Relationship Between the Breast and the Oral Drive
The breast and the placenta are related ectopically. They both show the transition from fetus to newborn in a parasitic relationship to the mother. Crying is different after you can speak than it is before. The breast's loss allows the infant to start uttering demands. Both of these again, prefigure castration.
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