maternal body, n.All

The Maternal body (n.) before ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the subject is only ever known by a subject who, by definition, comes after that hypothetical scene.

The Maternal body (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a subject or object but a relation of continuity — the jouissance before desire and before the split of subject and object.

The Maternal body (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not the hidden ground of all culture but an effect of a sexuality that requires the female body to take maternity as its essence and the law of its desire.

The Maternal body (n.) does ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not gather its virtual objects into a whole: they are planted in it like trees from some other world, like Gogol's nose, like Deucalion's stones.