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===Ego===
The [[imaginary|imaginary order]] is based on the [[formation]] of the [[ego]] in the [[mirror stage]] by [[identification]] with the [[counterpart]] (or [[specular image]]). The paradigmatic [[dual relation]] between the [[ego]] and the [[counterpart]] or [[specular image]] is characterized by [[alienation]] and [[narcissism]]. [[Lacan]] writes that "[[alienation]] is constitutive of the [[order|imaginary order]]."<ref>{{S3}} p. 146</ref> The [[ego]] and the [[counterpart]] form a [[dual relation]] which is characterized by [[alienation]] and [[narcissism]]. The [[imaginary|imaginary order]] is characterized by [[alienation]] and [[narcissism]].
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((Since the [[ego]] is formed by [[identifying]] with the [[counterpart]] or [[specular image]], [[identification]] is an important aspect of the [[imaginary|imaginary order]]. ))
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This relationship whereby the [[ego]] is constituted by [[identification]] with the [[other|little other]] means that the [[ego]], and the [[imaginary|imaginary order]] itself, are both sites of a radical [[alienation]]; "Alienation is constitutive of the imaginary order."<ref>{{S3}} p. 146</ref>
