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Little Other
The specular image refers to the reflection body in the mirror , the image of oneself which is simultaneously oneself and other little other
Identification
It is by identifying specular image that the infant first begins to construct its ego mirror stage
Mirror Stage
Even when there is no real mirror , the infant sees its behaviour reflected in the imitative gestures of an adult or another child ; these imitative gestures enable the other person to function as a specular image .
Captation
The human being is completely captivated by the specular image .
Imaginary
This is the basic reason for the power of the imaginary subject .
Non-Specularizable
There are certain things which have no specular image , which are not "specularizable ."
These are the phallus , the erogenous zones , and objet petit a
See Also
References
Psychoanalytic registers
The three registers Symbolic: law and signification Imaginary: image and identification Real: enjoyment and encounter Symptom and sinthome Knotting and topology See also: formalization
Subject and Otherness
Subject and split Ego and agencies Identification and image Otherness and symbolic authority Paternal function and foreclosure Alienation and separation
Psychoanalytic concepts
Registers and knotting Subject and Otherness Desire, lack, and object Drive and jouissance Language and the unconscious Sexuation and law Formation and identification Defense and psychic mechanisms Time, repetition, and trauma Clinical structures and symptoms Analytic technique and frame Affect and anxiety Discourses and social bond Formalization and topology Ethics and the act