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In his early [[seminars]], especially ''[[Object ]] Relations'' (1956-57), Jacques [[Lacan ]] primarily conceived of [[fantasy ]] as deriving from [[psychic ]] [[projection ]] that screened a more painful [[image]]. He compared it to a freeze-[[frame]], where an immobile image is often used to conceal the [[traumatic ]] image that will come next. Thus he first conceived of fantasy as a defensive [[structure ]] designed to protect against the [[perception ]] of "[[lack]]" in the [[maternal ]] [[other]], thus of [[castration]]. A study of the different forms of the [[fantasmatic ]] [[defense ]] allow for a better...