Less than a father
Being a father is a very worrying issue in our time. What are the qualities of a father is questioned by the father-to-be subjects. Since the father is not just a progenitor, his position is also very important for psychoanalysis. The relationship between father as a signifier and the role assigned to the father in society poses a question. As time changed, the father’s role in the family undoubtedly changed. In the past, we might not say there were no arguments about the validity of his authority, and so are today. But today a new controversy seems to arise: “Can I be a good enough father?” “Do my qualities or shortcomings cause possible negative effects on my child?” “What happens if a man is less than a father?” Here in this lecture, I will try to discuss this aspect of the issue, the anxiety I call “being less than a father”.
Freud had an answer to why a woman wanted a baby, why she wanted to be a mother. Child = penis equivalence comes from Freud. So why would a man want to be a father? To my knowledge, this is not a question that is neither sufficiently asked nor answered. If it is legitimate to define our age as a kind of “risk society” and a society to pre-calculate and avoid possible risks, then the issue of being a father is also included in this list of possible risks. Some subjects want to calculate these potential risks in advance and take measures against it. Is this possible?
Okumaya devam et “Less than a father”







