2016-09-212016-08-26MELO, J. R. Autoridade e família: algumas considerações sobre o pai. 2016. 93 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Psicologia) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2016.http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/6253The main goal of this dissertation is to investigate the consequences of the crisis of authority in Modernity, as it is discussed by different authors from social and political sciences, over subjectivity formation process, especially the one that takes place from the paternal metaphor. This study uses the concepts of authority and family as historical categories in order to apprehend the significance of these categories over the development of the authority crisis. The research also focus the importance of authority to the subjectivity formation, performing a theoretical research of bibliography. It is argued that the paternal function can ensure the constitution of subjectivity through Oedipus formations that draw social spheres and ensure the permanence of community life, expound the symbolic father character. Therefore, the crisis of authority only threatens the imaginary father. Because there is a law, that establishes the subject and also the culture.application/pdfAcesso AbertoPsicanáliseMetáfora paternaAutoridadeFamíliaPsychoanalysisPaternal metaphorAuthorityFamilyCIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIADissertação