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In the [[mirror stage]] the [[infant]] sees its [[reflection]] in the [[mirror]] as a [[whole]]/[[synthesis]], and this [[perception]] causes, by contrast, the [[perception]] of its own [[body]] (which [[lack]]s [[motor coordination]] at this [[stage]]) as [[division|divided]] and [[fragmentation|fragmented]].
However, the anticipation of a [[synthesis|synthetic]] [[ego]] is henceforth constantly threatened by the [[memory]] of this sense of [[fragmentation]], which manifests itself in "images of castration, emasculation, mutilation, dismemberment, dislocation, evisceration, devouring, bursting open of the body" which haunt the human imagination.<ref>{{E}} p.11</ref>
Any such sense of disunity threatens the [[illusion]] of [[synthesis]] which constitutes the [[ego]].
==See Also==
* [[fragmented body]]
* [[ego]]
* [[mirror stage]]
* [[body]]
* [[lack]]
* [[fragmentation]]
* [[illusion]]
* [[dialectic]]
==References==
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However, the anticipation of a [[synthesis|synthetic]] [[ego]] is henceforth constantly threatened by the [[memory]] of this sense of [[fragmentation]], which manifests itself in "images of castration, emasculation, mutilation, dismemberment, dislocation, evisceration, devouring, bursting open of the body" which haunt the human imagination.<ref>{{E}} p.11</ref>
Any such sense of disunity threatens the [[illusion]] of [[synthesis]] which constitutes the [[ego]].
==See Also==
* [[fragmented body]]
* [[ego]]
* [[mirror stage]]
* [[body]]
* [[lack]]
* [[fragmentation]]
* [[illusion]]
* [[dialectic]]
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:New]]
[[Category:Imaginary]]
[[Category:Philosophy]]
