The Father, figure of the Third
Spoljar, Philippe
The Father, figure of the Third - 2021.
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This article proposes to analyze the “function” of the Father, in light of its contemporary collapse, from a dual psychological and anthropological perspective. The Father’s position as a Third made it possible to exercise his function of intercession with the Other (the ancestor, reason, the totem, God…), by defeating the narcissistic drive expressed in the position of infant omnipotence. The hypothesis is put forward that the abolition of the Father as an institution can be correlated with the weakening of narcissistic scaffolding onto stable social objects. In the social and psychic organization, we thus pass from the tutelary figure of Oedipus and his ternary organization, to that of Narcissus and his dual logic.
The Father, figure of the Third - 2021.
11
This article proposes to analyze the “function” of the Father, in light of its contemporary collapse, from a dual psychological and anthropological perspective. The Father’s position as a Third made it possible to exercise his function of intercession with the Other (the ancestor, reason, the totem, God…), by defeating the narcissistic drive expressed in the position of infant omnipotence. The hypothesis is put forward that the abolition of the Father as an institution can be correlated with the weakening of narcissistic scaffolding onto stable social objects. In the social and psychic organization, we thus pass from the tutelary figure of Oedipus and his ternary organization, to that of Narcissus and his dual logic.
Réseaux sociaux