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==Origin==
It was adopted by [[Jacques Lacan]] in [[1948]] and occurs regularly in his [[work]] from this point on.
==The Imaginary Effect of the Specular Image on the Subject==
[[Lacan]] uses the term ''[[captation]]'' to describe the [[imaginary]] effects of the [[specular image]] on the [[subject]].<ref>{{E}} p.18</ref>
===Captivation===
(On the one hand, it has the sense of "[[captivation]]," thus expressing the fascinating, seductive power of the image.)
(===Capture===On the other hand, the term also conveys the idea of "capture," which evokes the more sinister power of the image to imprison the [[subject]] in a disabeling fixation.)
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===Captivation===
First, the term conveys the idea of "[[captivation]]."
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