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==Paternal Metaphor==
The phrase "[[paternal metaphor]]" is introduced by [[Lacan]] in 1957.<ref>{{S4}} p. 379</ref>
In 1958, he goes on to elaborate the [[structure]] of this [[metaphor]]; it involves the [[substitution]] of one [[signifier]] (the [[Name-of-the-Father]]) for [[another ]] (the [[desire]] of the [[mother]]).<ref>{{E}} p.200</ref> [[Image:Lacan-paternalmetaphor.jpg|center]]
The [[paternal metaphor]] thus designates the [[metaphorical]] (i.e. [[substitutive]]) [[character ]] of the [[oedipus complex]] itself.
It is the fundamental [[metaphor]] on which all [[signification]] depends: for this [[reason]], all [[signification]] is [[phallic]].
If the [[Name-of-the-Father]] is [[foreclosed]] (i.e. in [[psychosis]]), there can be no [[paternal metaphor]], and hence no [[phallic]] [[signification]].
