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The [[French]] substantive ''[[{{Top}}capter|captation]]'' is a neologism coined by the [[French]] [[psychoanalysts]] Édouard Pichon and Odile Codet, from the verb ''[[captation|capter]]''.{{Bottom}}

==Origin of the Term==The [[French]] substantive ''[[Captationcaptation]]'' is a neologism coined by [[French]] term introduced by [[psychoanalystpsychoanalysts]] from the verb ''[[captation|capter]]s Eduard Picon ''.<ref>Édouard Pichon and Odile Codet.</ref>

It was adopted by ==Imaginary Effects of the Specular Image==[[Jacques Lacan]] in uses the term ''[[1948captation]] '' to refer to describe the [[imaginary|imaginary effects]] effects of the [[specular image]],on the [[subject]].<ref>{{E}} p.18</ref> and occurs regularly in his [[work]] from this point on.

==Specular Image==The [[Lacandouble]] uses [[sense]] of the term ''[[captationFrench]]'' to describe term nicely indicates the ambiguous [[imaginarynature]] effects of the [[specular imagepower]] on of the [[subjectspecular image]].<ref>{{E}} p.18</ref>:

The double * On the one hand, it conveys the sense of the [[French]] term - "[[captivation]]," and "[[capture]]" - nicely indicates the ambiguous nature of thus expressing the fascinating, [[seduction|seductive power]] of the [[specular image]].

===Captivation===(* On the one hand, it has the sense of "[[captivationother]]," thus expressing the fascinating, seductive power of the image.) (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.) --First, the term conveys the idea of "[[captivation]]." In this sense, ''[[captation]]'' refers to the [[power]] of the [[specular image]] to "[[captivate]]" - to [[fascinate]] and/or to [[seduce]] - the [[subjectcapture]]. ===Capture===Second, the term conveys the idea of "[[capture]]." In this sense, ''[[captation]]'' refers to which evokes the [[more sinister power]] of the [[specular image]] to "[[capture]]" - to "imprison" and/or to "hold" - the [[subject]] (in a disabling [[fixation]]).