The law of the mother : an essay on the sexual sinthome / Genevieve Morel.
2019
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Uniform Title
Loi de la mère. English
Title
The law of the mother : an essay on the sexual sinthome / Genevieve Morel.
Imprint
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Description
1 online resource
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
The law of the mother and the symptom that separates
A critique of the fundamental fantasy
Freudian constructions and lacanian reductions
The symptom abolishes the symbol
The young man without an ego
Extensions of the symptom
Psychoanalytic uses of the sinthome
Sinthome and sexual ambiguity
Gide: masks and sinthome
Three cases of sexual ambiguity in men
Conclusion: the sinthome is sexual.
The law of the mother and the symptom that separates
A critique of the fundamental fantasy
Freudian constructions and lacanian reductions
The symptom abolishes the symbol
The young man without an ego
Extensions of the symptom
Psychoanalytic uses of the sinthome
Sinthome and sexual ambiguity
Gide: masks and sinthome
Three cases of sexual ambiguity in men
Conclusion: the sinthome is sexual.
Summary
The law of the mother is made up of words charged with pleasure and suffering that leave their mark on us in early childhood. In this groundbreaking book, Geneviaeve Morel explores whether it is possible for the child to escape subjection from this maternal law and develop their own sexual identity. Through clinical examples and critical commentary, the book illustrates the range and power of maternal influence on the child, and how this can generate different forms of sexual ambiguity. Using a Lacanian framework which revises the classical idea of the Oedipus complex, the book is not only a major contribution to gender studies but also an invaluable aid to the clinician dealing with questions of sexual identity. The book avoids many of the moral and political prejudices that paralyse twenty-first century society, be they related to legislation on marriage, parentage or adoption, the status of "mental health", or the limits to the supposed ownership of the human body. Insightful and revealing, The Law of the Mother will be of great interest to Lacanian psychoanalysts, as well as to researchers in the fields of gender studies and sexuality.
Note
Originally published in French as: La loi de la mère : Essai sur le sinthome sexuel.
Source of Description
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Taylor & Francis Online
Language
English
ISBN
9780429435447 (electronic book)
9780429787997 (electronic book : Mobipocket)
0429787995 (electronic book : Mobipocket)
9780429788000 (electronic book : EPUB)
0429788002 (electronic book : EPUB)
9780429788017 (electronic book : PDF)
0429788010 (electronic book : PDF)
9781138351189 (hardback)
0429435444
9780429787997 (electronic book : Mobipocket)
0429787995 (electronic book : Mobipocket)
9780429788000 (electronic book : EPUB)
0429788002 (electronic book : EPUB)
9780429788017 (electronic book : PDF)
0429788010 (electronic book : PDF)
9781138351189 (hardback)
0429435444
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