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==Jacques Lacan==
[[Lacan]] first develops the [[graph of desire]] in [[Seminar V|the seminar of 1957-8]] in order to illustrate the [[psychoanalytic theory]] of [[joke]]s.<ref>[[Freud|Freud, Sigmund]]. ''Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious. SE VIII. 1905.</ref>
Nevertheless, [[Lacan]] never intended to describe the genetic stages of a [[biological]] [[development]].
Rather, it represents the "logical moments" of the birth of a [[speaking ]] [[subject]].
====Complete Graph====
In the [[graph of desire|complete graph]] there are not one but two [[signifying chain]]s.
The lower [[chain ]] (from the [[signifier]] to the [[voice]]) is the [[conscious]] signifying chain]], the level of the [[statement]].
The upper [[chain ]] (from ''[[jouissance]]'' to [[castration]]) is the [[signifying chain]] in the [[unconscious]], the level of the [[enunciation]].
The [[structure]] is thus duplicated: the upper part of the [[graph]] is structured exactly like the lower part.
==See Also==
* [[Desire]]
* [[Signifying Chain]]
* ''[[Point de Capiton]]''
==References==
