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-part in ==Jacques Lacan's work from the 1930s on, and designates other people in whom==
-This [[notion]] of the subject perceives a likeness to himself (principally a visual likeness)"[[counterpart|specular ego]]" was first developed in the essay, "[[The Mirror Stage]]". The
-counterpart plays an important part in the intrusion complex and in the MIRROR
STAGE The term "[[counterpart]]" plays an important part in [[Lacan]]'s [[Works of Jacques Lacan|work]] from the 1930s on, and designates other [[people]] in whom the [[subject]] perceives a likeness to himself (Which are themselves closely interrelatedprincipally a [[visual]] likeness).
The [[counterpart]] plays an important part in the [[intrusion complex is one of ]] and in the three 'family complexes' [[mirror stage]] (which Lacanare themselves closely related.
==Intrusion Complex==The [[intrusion complex]] is one of the [[three]] "[[family]] [[complex|complexes]]" which [[Lacan]] discusses in his 1938 article on the [[family]], and arises when the [[child ]] firstrealizes that he has siblings, that other [[subject]]s ''like him'' participate in the [[family]] [[structure]].
realises that he has The emphasis here is on likeness; the [[child]] [[identification|identifies]] with his siblingson the basis of the [[recognition]] of [[bodily]] similarity (which depends, that other subjects like him participate in of course, on their [[being]] a relatively small age [[difference]] between the[[subject]] and his siblings).
family structure. The emphasis here =="Imago of the Counterpart"==It is on likeness; this [[identification]] that gives rise to the "[[counterpart|imago of the child identifies with hiscounterpart]]."<ref>{{L}} ''[[Works of Jacques Lacan|Les complexes familiaux dans la formation de l'individu. Essai d'analyse d'une fonction en psychologie]]'', [[Paris]]: Navarin, 1984. p. 35-9</ref>
siblings on The [[imago]] of the basis [[counterpart]] is interchangeable with the [[image]] of the recognition of bodily similarity ([[subject]]'s own [[body]], the [[specular image]] with which dependsthe [[subject]] [[identifies]] in the [[mirror stage]], leading to the [[formation]] ofthe [[ego]].
course==Formation of the Ego==This interchangeability is evident in such phenomena as [[transitivism]], and illustrates the way that the [[subject]] constitutes his [[object]]s on their being a relatively small age difference between the subject andbasis of his [[ego]].
his siblings). It The [[image]] of [[another]] person's [[body]] can only be [[identified]] with insofar as it is this identification that gives rise perceived as similar to one's own [[body]], and conversely the [[counterpart]] is only recognised as a [[separate]], [[identifiable]] [[ego]] by [[projection|projecting]] one'imago of thes own [[ego]] onto him.
counterpart' (=="Littler Other"==In 1955 [[Lacan, 1938: 35]] introduces a [[distinction]] between the "[[big Other]]" and the "[[little other]]" -9)- or the "[[imaginary other]]" -- reserving the latter term for the [[counterpart]] and/or [[specular image]].
The imago of [[counterpart]] is the counterpart [[little other]] because it is not truly [[other]] at all; it is interchangeable with not the image of radical [[alterity]] represented by the [[Other]], but the [[other]] insofar as he is similar to the[[ego]].
subject's own body, the SPECULAR IMAGE with which the subject identifies in==See Also=={{See}}* [[Complex]]* [[Ego]]||* [[Identification]]* [[Imago]]||* [[Mirror stage]]* [[Other]]||* [[Projection]]* [[Specular image]]||* [[Structure]]* [[Subject]]{{Also}}
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subject constitutes his objects on the basis of his ego. The image of another person's body can only be identified with insofar as it is perceived as similar to one's own body, and conversely the counterpart is only recognised as a separate, identifiable ego by projecting one's own ego onto him. In 1955 Lacan introduces a distinction between 'the big Other' and 'the little other' (or 'the imaginary other'), reserving the latter term for the counterpart and/or specular image. The counterpart is the little other because it is not truly other at all; it is not the radical alterity represented by the Other, but the other insofar as he is similar to the ego (hence the interchangeability of a and a' in schema L).__NOTOC__
