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#12 Projective plane

The projective plane

The projective plan has been used widely by Jacques Lacan, mainly in its cross-cap presentation. What is a projective plane? Is the cross-cap the most relevant way to account for the human psyche?

On the railroad tracks:
— the discourse of the master says: “the railroad tracks are parallel”
— the discourse of the hysterical says: “I see tracks are converging toward a common point”
— the discourse of the university says: “the tracks are parallel and converge in a projective point”
— the discourse of the analyst says: “the subject is structured as a projective space”

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