1st Edition

The Law of the Mother An Essay on the Sexual Sinthome

By Geneviève Morel Copyright 2019
338 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

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, Geneviève 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... Read more

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter I: The law of the mother and the symptom that separates

Chapter II: A critique of the fundamental fantasy

Chapter III: Freudian constructions and Lacanian reductions

Chapter IV: The symptom abolishes the symbol

Chapter V: The young man without an ego

Chapter VI: Extensions of the symptom

Chapter VII: Psychoanalytic uses of the sinthome

Chapter VIII: Sinthome and sexual ambiguity

Chapter IX: Gide: masks and sinthome

Chapter X: Three cases of sexual ambiguity in men

Conclusion: The sinthome is sexual

References

Biography

Geneviève Morel is a psychoanalyst practicing in Paris and Lille. She is a member of the Association Lilloise pour la Psychanalyse et son Histoire and of the group Savoirs et Clinique. Her previous books include Sexual Ambiguities (Routledge).