THE VOICE AND THE FILIATION

Abstract

Filiation according to Legendre is a structural order linked to the reproduction of the word meaning that no human being can be subject of a word of his own if he has not previously come across the incest prohibition by an instance called “Fatherâ€. Father conceived as a ternary instance culturally embedded. It is always said “on behalf ofâ€. The possibility of reproducing the word could not be achieved without voice. Voice exceeds the word. According to Freud, it deals with a fragmented past, linked to desire, which historicizes itself in a singular matter in the analytical process. It accomplishes this through the enunciation of a mixture of ancestral voices, which inhabit the subject in an instance called Id. Freud read this historical legacy in an oscillating mode: sometimes from a ideological perspective, sometimes from a biological predisposition. As Lacan proposes, the voice is a crucial resource of generational transmission and a vehicle for filiation. In neoliberal times, the desymbolization of culture, as proposed by Dufour, has several consequences on filiation. Finally I will present three cases in which filiation is affected. Each case belongs to an ethnic group from México and Guatemala.