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{| style="line-height:2.0em;width:100%;text-align:justify;"|style="width:100%;border:0px solid #cccccc;background-color:#ffffff;vertical-align:top"|{Top}}graphe du désir{{Bottom}}| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="text-align:justify;vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff"|-|style="text-align:justify;color:#000;line-height:2.5em;align:justify;"|The [[graph of desire]] is a [[topology|topological model]] of the [[structure]] of [[desire]].
==Four Stages==
In this paper, [[Lacan]] builds up the [[graph of desire]] in four successive stages -- which represent the constitution of the [[human]] [[subject]] and his [[desirestages]].
===Elementary Cell===
The first of these stages in the "[[graph of desire|elementary cell]]" of the [[graph of desire|graph]].<ref>{{E}} p.303</ref>
The horizontal line represents the [[diachronic]] [[signifying chain]]; the horseshoe-shaped line represents the vector of the [[subject]]'s [[intention]]ality.
The [[double ]] intersection of these two lines illustrates the [[nature ]] of [[time|retroaction]]: the [[message]], at the point marked '''s(A)''' in the [[graph of desire|elementary cell]], is the ''[[point de capiton]]'' determined [[time|retroactively]] by the [[particular ]] [[punctuation]] given to it by the [[Other]], '''A'''.
The [[linguistic|prelinguistic]] [[mythical ]] [[subject]] of pure [[need]], indicated by the [[triangle]], must [[pass ]] through the defiles of the [[signifier]] which produces the [[divided]] [[subject]], '''$'''.
===Intermediate Stages===
The intermediate stages of the [[graph of desire]] are not meant to show any [[progress|evolution]] or [[development|temporal development]], since the [[graph of desire|graph]] always [[exists ]] as a [[whole]]; they are simply pedagogical devices used by [[Lacan]] in [[order ]] to illustrate the [[structure]] of the [[graph of desire|complete graph]].<ref>{{E}} p.315</ref>
Nevertheless, [[Lacan]] never intended to describe the genetic stages of a [[biological]] [[development]].
Rather, it represents the "[[logical ]] moments" of the [[birth ]] of a [[speaking]] [[subject]].
===Complete Graph===
In the [[graph of desire|complete completed graph]] there are not one but two [[signifying chain]]s.
The lower [[chain]] (from the [[signifier]] to the [[voice]]) is the [[conscious]] [[signifying chain]], the level of the [[statement]].
The upper [[chain]] (from ''[[jouissance]]'' to [[castration]]) is the [[signifying chain]] in the [[unconscious]], the level of the [[enunciation]].
The [[structure]] is thus duplicated: the upper part of the [[graph]] is [[structured ]] exactly like the lower part.
==See Also==
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* [[Desire]]
* ''[[Point de capiton]]''
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* [[Signifier]]
* [[Signifying Chain]]
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* [[Unconscious]]
* [[Topology]]
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