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Publication Date: 2017-Feb
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A Desire for the Marsupial Space: A Lacanian Reading of Lacan
Aghamohammadi, Mehdi
Advances in Language and Literary Studies, v8 n1 p111-117 Feb 2017
Jacques Lacan is regarded as an influential French psychoanalyst in the 20th century. In the present article, first, a brief biography of this interpreter of Sigmund Freud is presented and then his key psychoanalytic theories, largely about the infant-mother-father relationship, are summarized. These data are finally analyzed mainly according to Lacan's own ideas. In other words, this article is aimed at providing a Lacanian reading of Lacan. It reveals that his family in particular had a huge impact on his theories, which strongly reflect Lacan's desire for his mother, specifically her marsupial space. The article is concluded by exploring a quatrain by the famous Persian poet Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Rumi in order to further substantiate the claim about Lacan's desire for the space through theorization.
Descriptors: Biographies, Psychotherapy, Parent Child Relationship, Infants, Mothers, Fathers, Family Influence, Children, Theories, Religious Factors
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