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The [[French]] substantive ''[[captation]]'' is a neologism coined by the [[French]] [[psychoanalysts]] Édouard Pichon and Odile Codet, from the verb ''[[captation|capter]]''.
''[[Captation]]'' is a [[French]] term introduced by [[psychoanalyst]]s Eduard Picon and Odile Codet.
It was adopted by [[Jacques Lacan]] in [[1948]] and occurs regularly in his [[work]] from this point on.
It was adopted by [[Jacques Lacan]] in [[1948]] to refer to the [[imaginary|imaginary effects]] of the [[specular image]],<ref>{{E}} p.18</ref> and occurs regularly in his [[work]] from this point on.
==Specular Image==
[[Lacan]] uses the term ''[[captation]]'' to describe the [[imaginary]] effects of the [[specular image]] on the [[subject]].<ref>{{E}} p.18</ref>
The double sense of the [[French]] term - "[[captivation]]" and "[[capture]]" - nicely indicates the ambiguous nature of the [[power]] of the [[specular image]].
===Captivation===
(On the one hand, it has the sense of "[[captivation]]," thus expressing the fascinating, seductive power of the image.)
(On the other hand, the term also conveys the idea of "capture," which evokes the more sinister power of the image to imprison the [[subject]] in a disabeling fixation.)
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First, the term conveys the idea of "[[captivation]]."
