The foreclosure of the name of the father: logic of the significant and topology of the borromean knot

Abstract:

The present article aims to establish a discussion regarding the foreclosure concept, extracted by Lacan from the Freudian work. The theoretical path accompanies Lacan’s teaching since the formulation of the foreclosure’s concept, defined from the exclusion of the significant of the Name of the Father’s logic. The development of the borromean topology makes the Name of the Father a sinthome that ties the three orders symbolic, imaginary and real. At the end of his teachings, Lacan grants a new theoretical relief to the concept of foreclosure, understood as sign of the untying of the borromean knot.

Keywords:
psychosis; foreclosure; Name of the Father; borromean topology; sinthome