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The "[[other]]" is perhaps the most [[complex]] term in [[Lacan]]'s [[work]]. {{Top}}[[autre]]]]'', ''[[Autre{{Bottom}}

The [[Freud]] uses the term "[[other]]" is perhaps to [[speak]] of ''[[Other|der Andere]]'' ("the most complex term other person") and ''[[Other|das Andere]]'' ("otherness"), but in the 1930s, when [[Lacan]]'s first begins to use the term, it is not very salient, and refers simply to "other [[people]]." The term seems to be borrowed from [[Hegel]], to whose work[[Lacan]] was introduced in a series of lectures given by [[Alexandre Kojève]] in 1933-9.

==Sigmund FreudLittle and Big Other==In 1955, [[FreudLacan]] uses draws a [[distinction]] between the term "[[little other]]" to speak and the "[[big Other]]" ("the [[Other]]"), a distinction which remains central throughout the rest of his work.<ref>{{S2}} Chapter 19</ref> Thereafter, in [[Lacan]]ian [[algebra]], the [[big Other]] is designated '''A''' (upper [[case]], for [[French]] ''[[Other|der AndereAutre]]'' (") and the [[little other person") and ]] is designated <i>'''a'''</i> (lower case italicized, for [[French]] ''[[Other|das Andereautre]]'' (). [[Lacan]] asserts that an [[awareness]] of this distinction is fundamental to [[analytic treatment|analytic practice]]: the [[analyst]] must be "othernessthoroughly imbued")with the [[difference]] between '''A''' and <i>'''a'''</i>,<ref>{{E}} p. 140</ref> so that he can situate himself in the place of [[Other]], and not of the [[other]].<ref>{{Ec}} p.454</ref>

===DevelopmentLittle other (autre, "''a''") ===When The [[Lacanlittle other]] first begins to use is the term[[other]] who is not, in fact, [[other]], but a [[reflection]] or [[projection]] of the 1930s, it [[ego]].<ref>This is not very salient, why the symbol a can [[represent]] the little other and refers simply to "other peoplethe ego interchangeably in [[schema L]]." </ref> It is simultaneously the [[Lacancounterpart]] seems to have borrowed and the term from [[Hegelspecular image]], to whose work . The [[Lacanlittle other]] was introduced is inscribed in a series of lectures given by the [[imaginary]] [[order]] as both the [[counterpart]] and the [[Alexandre Kojèvespecular image]] in 1933-9.

==Little and =BigOther (Autre, "A")===In 1955The [[big Other]] designates radical [[alterity]], an [[Lacanotherness]] draws a distinction between which transcends the "[[little illusory]] [[other|otherness]]" and of the "[[big Otherimaginary]] because it cannot be assimilated through [[identification]]. [[Lacan]]" ("equates the [[big Other]]"), a distinction which remains central throughout the rest of his work.<ref>{{S2}} Chapter 19</ref> Thereafter, in with [[Lacanlanguage]]ian and the [[algebralaw]], and hence the [[big Other]] is designated '''A''' (upper case, for inscribed in the [[Frenchsymbolic]] ''[[Other|Autreorder]]'') and . Indeed, the [[little otherbig Other]] is deisgnated <i>''is'a'''</i> (lower case italicized, for the [[Frenchsymbolic]] ''insofar as it is particularized for each [[Other|autresubject]]''). Thus, the [[LacanOther]] asserts that an awareness of this distinction is fundamental to both another [[analytic treatment|analytic practicesubject]]: the in its radical [[analystalterity]] must be "thoroughly imbued" with the difference between '''A''' and <i>'''a'''</i>,<ref>{{E}} p. 140</ref> so that he can situate himself in unassimilable uniqueness and also the place of [[Othersymbolic]] [[order]], and not of which mediates the [[otherrelationship]] with that [[subject]].<ref>{{Ec}} p. 454</ref>

=====Little===Speech and the Other==The However, the [[little othermeaning]] is of "the [[otherOther]] who is not, in fact, as another [[othersubject]], but a " is strictly secondary to the meaning of "the [[reflectionOther]] or as [[projectionsymbolic]] of the [[egoorder]]." "The Other must first of all be considered a locus, the locus in which speech is constituted."<ref>This is why the symbol a can represent the little other and the ego interchangeably in [[schema L]]{{S3}} p.274</ref> It is simultaneously thus only possible to speak of the [[counterpartOther]] and the as a [[specular imagesubject]]. The in a secondary [[little othersense]] is inscribed , in the sense that a [[imaginarysubject]] [[order]] as both may occupy this position and thereby "embody" the [[counterpartOther]] and the for another [[specular imagesubject]].<ref>{{S8}} p. 202</ref>

=====Big==Discourse of the Other===The In arguing that [[big Otherspeech]] designates radical originates not in the [[alterityego]], an or even in the [[othernesssubject]] which transcends but in the [[illusoryOther]], [[Lacan]] is stressing that [[other|othernessspeech]] of the and [[imaginarylanguage]] because it cannot be assimilated through are beyond [[identificationconscious]]. [[Lacancontrol]] equates the ; they come from an [[big Otherother]] with place, [[languageoutside]] and the [[lawconsciousness]], and hence "the [[big Otherunconscious]] is inscribed in the [[symbolicdiscourse]] of the [[orderOther]]. Indeed, "<ref>{{Ec}} p. 16</ref> In conceiving of the [[big Other]] ''is'' the as a [[symbolicplace]] insofar as it is particularized for each , [[subjectLacan]]. Thus, the alludes to [[OtherFreud]] is both another 's [[subjectconcept]] in its radical of [[alteritypsychical locality]] and unassimilable uniqueness and also , in which the [[symbolicunconscious]] is described as "the [[orderother]] which mediates the relationship with that [[subjectscene]]."

=====Speech===Lack in the Other==However, It is the [[mother]] who first occupies the meaning [[position]] of "the [[big Other]] as another for the [[subjectchild]]" , because it is strictly secondary to the meaning of "she who receives the [[Otherchild]]'s [[primitive]] cries and [[retroactively]] sanctions [[them]] as a [[symbolicparticular]] [[ordermessage]]." "The [[castration complex]] is formed when the [[child]] discovers that this [[Other must first of all be considered ]] is not [[complete]], that there is a locus, [[lack]] in the locus in which speech is constituted[[Other]]."<ref>{{S3}} p. 274</ref> It In other [[words]], there is thus only possible to speak always a [[signifier]] [[missing]] from the treasury of [[signifier]]s constituted by the [[Other]] as a . The [[mythical]] complete [[subjectOther]] (written '''A''' in a secondary sense, in the sense that a [[subjectLacan]]ian [[algebra]]) does not [[exist]]. In 1957 [[Lacan]] may occupy illustrates this position and thereby "embody" the incomplete [[Other]] for another graphically by striking a [[bar]] through the [[subjectsymbol]].'''<refstrike>{{S8}} p. 202A</refstrike>'''. Hence another [[name]] for the [[castrated]], incomplete [[Other]] is the ''[[barred]] [[Other]]''.

=====Discourse of the Other=====In arguing that [[speech]] originates not in the [[ego]] or even in the [[subject]] but in the [[Other]], [[Lacan]] is stressing that [[speech]] and [[language]] are beyond [[conscious]] control; they come from an [[other]] place, [[outside]] [[consciousness]], and hence "the [[unconscious]] is the [[discourse]] of the [[Other]]."<ref>{{Ec}} p. 16</ref> In conceiving of the [[Other]] as a [[place]], [[Lacan]] alludes to [[Freud]]'s concept of [[psychical locality]], in which the [[unconscious]] is described as "the [[other]] [[scene]]." =====Lack in the Other=====It is the [[mother]] who first occupies the [[position]] of the [[big Other]] for the [[child]], because it is she who receives the [[child]]'s primitive cries and [[retroactively]] sanctions them as a particular [[message]]. The [[castration complex]] is formed when the [[child]] discovers that this [[Other]] is not [[complete]], that there is a [[lack]] in the [[Other]]. In other words, there is always a [[signifier]] missing from the treasury of [[signifier]]s constituted by the [[Other]]. The [[mythical]] complete [[Other]] (written '''A''' in [[Lacan]]ian [[algebra]]) does not [[exist]]. In 1957 [[Lacan]] illustrates this incomplete [[Other]] graphically by striking a [[bar]] through the [[symbol]] '''<strike>A</strike>'''. Hence another name for the [[castrated]], incomplete [[Other]] is the ''[[barred]] [[Other]]''. =====The Other Sex=====The Other is also "the Other sex."<ref>{{S20}} p. 40</ref> The [[Other]] [[sex]] is always [[woman]], for both [[male]] and [[female]] [[subjects]]. <blockquote>"[[Man]] here [[acts ]] as the relay whereby the [[woman]] becomes this Other for herself as she is this [[Other]] for him."<ref>{{Ec}} p. 732</ref></blockquote>

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