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fragmented body (corps morcelÈ) ==Jacques Lacan==The [[notion ]] of the [[fragmented body ]] is one of the earliest original [[concepts ]] to appear in [[Lacan]]'s [[Works of Jacques Lacan|work]], and is closely linked to the [[concept ]] of the MIRROR STAGE[[mirror stage]].  ==Mirror Stage==In the [[mirror stage ]] the [[infant ]] sees its [[reflection ]] in the [[mirror ]] as a [[whole]]/[[synthesis]], and this [[perception ]] causes, by contrast, the [[perception ]] of its own [[body ]] (which lacks [[lack]]s [[motor coordination ]] at this [[stage]]) as [[division|divided ]] and [[fragmentation|fragmented]].  ==Ego Formation==The [[anxiety ]] provoked by this [[feeling ]] of [[fragmentation ]] fuels the [[identification ]] with the [[specular image ]] by which the [[ego ]] is [[formation|formed]].  ==Fragmentation==However, the [[anticipation ]] of a synthetic [[ego ]] is henceforth constantly threatened by the [[memory ]] of this [[sense ]] of [[fragmentation]], which manifests itself in '"[[images ]] of castration, emasculation, mutilation, dismemberment, dislocation, evisceration, devouring, bursting open of the body' " which haunt the [[human ]] [[imagination (]].<ref>{{E, l 1)}} p. 11</ref>  ==Transference==These images [[image]]s typically appear in the [[analysand]]'s dreams [[dream]]s and associations [[free association|association]]s at a [[particular ]] [[phase ]] in the [[treatment ]] - namely, the [[moment ]] when the [[analysand]]'s [[aggressivity ]] emerges in the [[negative ]] [[transference]].  This moment is an important early [[sign ]] that the [[treatment ]] is progressing in the [[right ]] direction, i.e. towards the disintegration of the rigid [[unity ]] of the [[ego (]].<ref>{{L}} "[[Works of Jacques Lacan|Some Reflections on the Ego]]", ''Int. J. [[Psycho]]-[[Anal]].'', vol. 34, 1953 [1951b]: 13).</ref> ==Illusion of Synthesis==In a more general sense, the [[fragmented body ]] refers not only to images [[image]]s of the [[physical ]] [[body ]] but also to any sense of [[fragmentation ]] and disunity: ' <blockquote>"He [the [[subject]]] is originally an inchoate collection of desires - there you have the [[true ]] sense of the expression fragmented body' (."<ref>{{S3, }} p.39). </ref></blockquote> Any such sense of disunity dis[[unity]] threatens the [[illusion ]] of [[synthesis ]] which constitutes the [[ego]]. ==Hysteria==[[Lacan ]] also uses the idea of the term [[fragmented body ]] to explain certain typical symptoms [[symptom]]s of [[hysteria]].  When a [[hysteria|hysterical ]] [[paralysis ]] affects a limb, it does not respect the [[physiological ]] [[structure ]] of the nervous [[system]], but instead reflects the way the [[body ]] is [[divided ]] up by an '"imaginary anatomy'".  In this way, the [[fragmented body ]] is '"revealed at the [[organic ]] level, in the lines of fragilization that define the anatomy of [[phantasy]], as exhibited in the schizoid and spasmodic [[symptoms ]] of hysteria' (."<ref>{{E, }} p. 5).</ref> ==See Also=={{See}}* [[Aggressivity]]* [[Anxiety]]* [[Castration]]||* [[Ego]]* [[Gestalt]]* [[Hysteria]]||* [[Imaginary]]* [[Imago]]* [[Lack]]||* [[Mirror stage]]* [[Specular image]]* [[Transference]]{{Also}} ==References==<div style="font-size:11px" class="references-small"><references/></div> [[Category:Imaginary]][[Category:OK]][[Category:Jacques Lacan]][[Category:Dictionary]][[Category:Psychoanalysis]][[Category:Concepts]][[Category:Terms]]{{OK}} __NOTOC__