In this lecture on ‘Fratriarchy and Feminism’, Professor Juliet Mitchell juxtaposes Fratriarchy with Patriarchy exemplified by Freud’s notion of a female Oedipus complex.

The implications of the absence of a prohibition in this complex is then related to the role of the ‘reality’-inducing mother. In addition she produces a Law that aims to prevent her toddler effecting incest and murder of her new (or expected baby).

Professor Mitchell argues that psychoanalysis now needs to pay attention to what feminism (as in this instance) has contributed to the psychosocial picture beyond an individual association with it.

Discussant: Joan Raphael-Leff (zoom)