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==Imaginary Effects of the Specular Image==[[Lacan]] uses the term ''[[captation]]'' to refer to [[imaginary]] effects of the [[specular image]] on the [[subject]].<ref>{{E}} p.18</ref>  [[Lacan]] uses describe the term ''[[captation]]'' in reference to [[imaginary]] effects of the [[specular image]] on the [[subject]].<ref>{{E}} p.18</ref>  The double sense of the term - "[[captivation]]" and "[[capture]]" - indicates the ambiguous nature of the [[power]] of the [[specular image]]. ===Captivation===The term conveys the idea of "captivation."

In this sense, ''The [[captationdouble]]'' refers to the [[powersense]] of the [[specular imageFrench]] to "term nicely indicates the ambiguous [[captivatenature]]" - to of the [[fascinatepower]] and/or to [[seduce]] - of the [[subjectspecular image]].:

===Capture===The term also * On the one hand, it conveys the idea sense of "capture[[captivation]]," thus expressing the fascinating, [[seduction|seductive power]] of the [[image]]."

In this sense* On the [[other]] hand, ''the term also conveys the [[captationidea]]'' refers to the of "[[powercapture]] ," which evokes the more sinister power of the [[specular image]] to "capture" - to "imprison" and/or to "hold" - the [[subject]] (in a (disabling) [[fixation]]).