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{{Top}}capter|captation (captation) The French substantive captation is a neologism{{Bottom}}
==Origin of the Term==The [[French]] substantive ''[[captation]]'' is a neologism coined by the [[French ]] [[psychoanalysts Edouard ]] from the verb ''[[captation|capter]]''.<ref>Édouard Pichon and Odile Codet, from</ref>
the verb capter (which Forrester translates as 'to captate', reviving an obsolete==Jacques Lacan==It was adopted by [[Jacques Lacan]] in [[1948]] and occurs regularly in his [[work]] from this point on.
English verb in a quasi-technical sense - see S1, 146 and note)==Imaginary Effects of the Specular Image==[[Lacan]] uses the term ''[[captation]]'' to describe the [[imaginary]] effects of the [[specular image]] on the [[subject]]. It was adopted<ref>{{E}} p. 18</ref>
by Lacan in 1948 to refer to The [[double]] [[sense]] of the [[French]] term nicely indicates the ambiguous [[nature]] of the imaginary effects [[power]] of the SPECULAR IMAGE (see E,[[specular image]]:
18)* On the one hand, and occurs regularly in his work from this point on. The double it conveys the sense of"[[captivation]]," thus expressing the fascinating, [[seduction|seductive power]] of the [[image]].
* On the [[other]] hand, the French term nicely indicates also conveys the ambiguous nature [[idea]] of "[[capture]]," which evokes the more sinister power of the[[image]] to imprison the [[subject]] in a disabling [[fixation]].
specular ==See Also=={{See}}* [[Imaginary]]* [[Specular image. On the one hand, it has the sense of 'captivation', thus]]||* [[Seduction]]* [[Subject]]{{Also}}
expressing the fascinating, seductive power of the image. On the other hand,==References==<div style="font-size:11px" class="references-small"><references/></div>[[Category:Psychoanalysis]][[Category:Jacques Lacan]][[Category:Imaginary]][[Category:Dictionary]][[Category:Concepts]][[Category:Terms]]{{OK}}
the term also conveys the idea of 'capture', which evokes the more sinisterpower of the image to imprison the subject in a disabling fixation.__NOTOC__
