Law of the Mother - An Essay on the Sexual Sinthome

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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).

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Morel Genevieve, Ben Hooson, Genevieve Morel, Geneviève Morel
• Assisted by: Lindsay Watson (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781138351189
• ISBN: 978-1-138-35118-9
• No. of pages: 338
• Series: The Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research Library (CFAR)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis