Talk:Objet (petit) a

The term -- which can be translated as "object small a" -- often remains untranslated.

The term -- which can be translated as "object small a" -- is often left in the French at Lacan's insistence.

The symbol a stands for the first letter of the word "autre" ("other").

It is always lower case to denote the "little other rather than the "big Other]]" symbolized by the capital A[utre].

The use of the lower case marks the distinction between this object and the "big Other" symbolized by the capital A[utre].

Index

• Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XX: Encore, On Feminine Sexuality, The Limits of Love and Knowledge 1972-1973. Trans. Bruce Fink. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998.

• Object a, 28, 35, 49, 83-84, 131

as cause, 105

desire and, 6, 72, 80, 92-93, 95, 99-100, 126-27, 136

fantasy and, 80, 82, 86

as gaze, 49, 100, 126

hysteric's discourse and, 16-17

imaginary and, 92-94

as object of sucking, 126

Other and, 63, 92-93, 144

real and, 95

sexual relationship and, 58, 80, 86, 127

subject and, 127

as voice, 126