in the face of
Does "In order to allay the anxiety induced in him/her in the face of the mother’s castration" in the following extract mean "In order to allay the anxiety induced in him/her through his/her encounter with (becoming aware of) the mother’s castration"?
Extract:
The fetishist is aware of the mother’s castration, but disavows this knowledge and is thereby characterised by the structure ‘I know full well the mother does not have a penis, but all the same I shall continue to believe that she does.’ In order to allay the anxiety induced in him/her in the face of the mother’s castration, s/he displaces belief in the maternal phallus onto another object in the attempt to maintain this belief in fantasy elsewhere.
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Yes, I think you've understood it well.
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yep.
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Is this Freud?
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