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==Jacques Lacan==The [[notion]] of the [[fragmented body (]] is one of the earliest original [[Frenchconcepts]] to appear in [[Lacan]]:''corps morcelé'')s [[Works of Jacques Lacan|work]], and is closely linked to the [[concept]] of the [[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 [[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}}p. 11</ref> ==Transference==These [[image]]s typically appear in the [[analysand]]'s [[dream]]s and [[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>{{EcL}}"[[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 [[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 dis[[unity]] threatens the [[illusion]] of [[synthesis]] which constitutes the [[ego]]. ==Hysteria==[[Lacan]] also uses the term [[fragmented body]] to explain certain typical [[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__
