Difference between revisions of "Cross-cap"
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| − | The cross-cap, or more precisely, the projective plane, can [[represent]] the subject of [[desire]] in relation to the lost [[object]]. A [[double]] loop drawn on its surface in effect [[divides]] this single-sided surface into two heterogeneous parts: a Möbius [[strip]] representing the subject and a disk representing [[object a]], the [[cause]] of desire. The disk is centered on a point that is related to the irreducible singularity of this surface, which [[Lacan]] [[identified]] with the [[phallus]]. Unlike the [[representation]] of the subject produced on the torus, here a single cut, which symbolizes [[castration]], produces both the subject and the object in its divisions ([[figure]] 7). | + | The cross-cap, or more precisely, the projective plane, can [[represent]] [[The Subject|the subject]] of [[desire]] in relation to the lost [[object]]. A [[double]] loop drawn on its surface in effect [[divides]] this single-sided surface into two heterogeneous parts: a Möbius [[strip]] representing the subject and a disk representing [[object a]], the [[cause]] of desire. The disk is centered on a point that is related to the irreducible singularity of this surface, which [[Lacan]] [[identified]] with the [[phallus]]. Unlike the [[representation]] of the subject produced on the torus, here a single cut, which symbolizes [[castration]], produces both the subject and the object in its divisions ([[figure]] 7). |
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Latest revision as of 21:08, 27 May 2019
The cross-cap, or more precisely, the projective plane, can represent the subject of desire in relation to the lost object. A double loop drawn on its surface in effect divides this single-sided surface into two heterogeneous parts: a Möbius strip representing the subject and a disk representing object a, the cause of desire. The disk is centered on a point that is related to the irreducible singularity of this surface, which Lacan identified with the phallus. Unlike the representation of the subject produced on the torus, here a single cut, which symbolizes castration, produces both the subject and the object in its divisions (figure 7).
