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== The Symbolic Order ==
According to [[Jacques Lacan]], the The [[symbolic]] [[order]] is characterized by a binary opposition between [[absence]] and [[presence]].<ref>{{S4}} p.67-8</ref>
[[Lacan]] asserts the mutual implication of [[absence]] and [[presence]] in the [[symbolic]] [[order]].
In the [[symbolic]] [[order]] "nothing exists except upon an assumed foundation of absence."<ref>{{Ec}} p.392</ref>
[[Lacan]] argues that "there is no absence in the real. There is only absence if you suggest that there may be a presence there where there isn't one."<ref>{{S2}} p.313</ref>
As [[Roman Jakobson showed with his analysis ofphonemes, all linguistic phenomena may be netirely characterized in terms of the presence or absence of certain distinctive features.
== Fort-Da ==
