De la fonction du père au principe paternel

Abstract

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The Paternal Principle: Editor’s Introduction

“…And for both Eizirik and Aisenstein, an appreciation of the paternal principle is in many cases essential to our understanding of therapeutic action, because it accounts for how a benign and sustaining relationship to a father can emerge in the course of treatment, despite the failings of the actual father, and even when the analyst is a woman. Eizirik strongly agrees with Delourmel's (2012) idea that:…”

The Question of the Father in 2015

“…Moreover, this prevents us from focusing on the importance of the symbolic father function. This is why I have no difficulty in agreeing with Eizirik's remarks on Freud's thinking as expressed in Totem andTaboo (1912-1913), as well as on the contributions of Green (1995), and finally on those of Delourmel (2012), who, for his part, moves from the function to the principle.…”

“…This also coincides with the theses of Stoloff (2007) and Delourmel (2012), cited earlier, who defend the notion of a paternal function or principle transcending the generations, and the individual history as well as the material person of the biological father and the family father.…”

“…He took up this idea again later on (Freud 1933). Owing to this connection between primordial identification and collective ideals, I think that this first identification can be seen as the basis of what Delourmel (2012) describes as the paternal principle.…”

“…That is why I think I can see in Moses the beginnings of the paternal principle, defended today by Delourmel (2012). The principle's basic hypothesis is the hereditary transmission not of traces of a foundational murder, but of a primal or originary potential.…”