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Seminar XI, Episode 1

Lectures on Lacan Podcast

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The Paternal Function Is to Cut in to This Process and Say, Hell No

LaCon: The paternal figure's job is to introduce a gap, a cut, an opening between the child and the maternal figure. According to LaCon, this cutting in that introduces some space or breathing room is crucial because it staves off anxiety. After desire would come anxiety, and after anxiety, once you pass through that, jouisance and the drive.

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