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''[[Captation]]'' is a [[French]] term introduced by [[psychoanalyst]]s Eduard Picon and Odile Codet.
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The term was adopted by [[Lacan]] in [[1948]] and occurs regularly in his work from this point on.
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==Origin of the Term==
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The [[French]] substantive ''[[captation]]'' is a neologism coined by [[French]] [[psychoanalysts]] from the verb ''[[captation|capter]]''.<ref>Édouard Pichon and Odile Codet</ref>
  
==Specular Image==
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==Jacques Lacan==
[[Lacan]] uses the term ''[[captation]]'' to the ([[imaginary]]) effects of the [[specular image]] on the [[subject]].<ref>{{E}} p.18</ref>
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It was adopted by [[Jacques Lacan]] in [[1948]] and occurs regularly in his [[work]] from this point on.
  
The double sense of the term - "[[captivation]]" and "[[capture]]" - indicates the ambiguous nature of the [[power]] of the [[specular image]].
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==Imaginary Effects of the Specular Image==
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[[Lacan]] uses the term ''[[captation]]'' to describe the [[imaginary]] effects of the [[specular image]] on the [[subject]].<ref>{{E}} p. 18</ref>
  
===Captivation===
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The [[double]] [[sense]] of the [[French]] term nicely  indicates the ambiguous [[nature]] of the [[power]] of the [[specular image]]:
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 [[subject]].
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* On the one hand, it conveys the sense of "[[captivation]]," thus expressing the fascinating, [[seduction|seductive power]] of the [[image]].
  
===Capture===
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* 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 disabling [[fixation]].
The term also conveys the idea of "capture."
 
 
 
In this sense, ''[[captation]]'' refers to the [[power]] of the [[specular image]] to "capture" - to "imprison" and/or to "hold" - the [[subject]] (in a (disabling) [[fixation]]).
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 03:20, 24 May 2019

French: captation

Origin of the Term

The French substantive captation is a neologism coined by French psychoanalysts from the verb capter.[1]

Jacques Lacan

It was adopted by Jacques Lacan in 1948 and occurs regularly in his work from this point on.

Imaginary Effects of the Specular Image

Lacan uses the term captation to describe the imaginary effects of the specular image on the subject.[2]

The double sense of the French term nicely indicates the ambiguous nature of the power of the specular image:

See Also

References

  1. Édouard Pichon and Odile Codet
  2. Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p. 18