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→Theory of the Mirror Phase
=====Theory of the Mirror Phase=====
''[[Humans]] are [[born]] [[helplessness|prematurely]].'' Left to themselves, they would probably [[die]]. They are always [[born]] too [[time|early]]. They can't walk or [[speech|talk]] at [[birth]]: they have a very partial [[mastery]] of their motor functions and, at the [[biology|biological level]], they are hardly [[complete]]. The [[infant]] can't pick things up or move towards or away from things. So how does the child come to [[master]] its relation to its [[body]]? How does it respond to its "[[prematuration]]"?
=====... and Mimicry=====
[[Lacan]]'s answer is in the theory of the [[mirror phase]]. He draws our attention, in later texts, to an [[enthological]] curiosity, known as "[[mimicry]]." Certain beasts have the habit of assuming the insignia and coloring of their surroundings. Hence a stick insect may choose to look like a stick. The obvious explanation for this phenomenon is that it protects the animal against predators. But what many investigators found was that those animals which assumed an [[image]] or disguise were just as likely to be eaten as those which didn't.
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