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The '''graph of desire''' is a conceptual tool from the psychoanalytic theory of [[Jacques Lacan]].
-------------The "[[Graph graph of desire]]" ([[Fr]]. ''[[graphe du désir]]'') The [[graph of desire]] is a [[topology|topographical representation]] of the [[structure]] of [[desire]].
==Jacques Lacan==
In this paper, [[Lacan]] builds up the [[graph of desire]] in four stages.
====Elementary Cell====
[[Image:Lacan-graph-elementary.jpg|Elementary Cell|thumb|right]]
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 horseshow-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 [[graphof desire|complete graphelementary cell]], is the ''[[point de capiton]]'' determined [[time|retroactively]] by the particular [[punctuation]] given to it by the [[Other]], '''A'''.
The pre[[linguistic]] mythical [[subject]] of pure [[need]], indicated by the triangle, must pass through the defiles of the [[signifier]] which produces the [[divided]] [[subject]], '''$'''.
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>
[[Image:Lacan-graph-complete.jpg|Complete Graph|thumb|right]]
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==
==References==
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