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==Translation==
The [[French]] [[word]] translates variously "lure" (for hawks, fish), "decoy" (for birds), bait (for fish) and the [[notion]] of "allurement" and "enticement".
As Alan [[Sheridan]] points out in the short [[glossary]] he provides to his [[translation]] of [[Écrits]]:<blockquote>"The French word translates variously 'lure' (for hawks, fish), 'decoy' (for birds), 'bait' (for fish), and the notion of 'allurement' and 'enticement.'"<ref>Sheridan, Alan. "Translator's Note", in {{E}} [1977]. p. xi</ref></blockquote> ==Animal and Human Lures==[[Human]] [[being]]s are not the only [[animal]]s who are capable of setting [[lure]]s, and this fact is sometimes used to argue in favor of the [[existence]] of "[[lure|animal consciousness]]." However, [[Lacan]] argues that it is important to distinguish between [[lure|animal lure]]s and [[lure|human lure]]s. ==Animal Lures==[[Animal]]s can deceive by their camouflage or by "the feint by which an [[apparent]] straggler leads a predator away from the flock," but "there is [[nothing]] even there that transcends the function of lure in the service of [[need]]."<ref>{{E}} p. 172</ref> [[Lure|Animal lure]]s are extremely important in mating ceremonies where an [[animal]] must entice [[another]] into copulation, and this is also what lends [[human]] [[sexuality]] its strong [[imaginary]] element. <blockquote>"[[Sexual]] [[behavior]] is quite especially prone to the lure."<ref>{{S1}} p. 123</ref></blockquote> ==Human Lures==Whereas [[lure|animal lure]]s are straightforward, the [[human]] [[being]] is unique in being capable of a special kind of [[lure]] which involves a "[[lure|double deception]]." This is a kind of [[lure]] which involves ''deceiving by pretending to deceive'' (i.e. telling a [[truth]] that one expects to be taken for a lie).<ref>{{E}} p. 305</ref> Or, A person that is bullied and/or mistreated by peers or tribal members so that that person becomes [[self]]-destructive to the point where the [[human lure]] purposely attracts the attention of predators so he or she will be killed and eaten for the [[purpose]] of feeding and filling the lion with meat from a [[social]] outcast, instead of meat from the most vulnerable to a lion's attack, the tribe's [[children]]. ===Example===The classic example of the properly [[lure|human lure]] is the [[joke]] quoted by [[Freud]] (and often cited by [[Lacan]]) [[about]] the two [[Polish]] [[Jews]]: "Why do you tell me you are going to Cracow so I'll believe you are going to Lvov, when you are really going to Cracow?"<ref>{{E}} p. 173</ref> [[Other]] [[animal]]s are incapable of this special kind of [[lure]] owing to the fact that they do not possess [[language]]. ==See Also==* [[Language]]* [[Truth]] ==References==<div style="font-size:11px" class="references-small"><references/></div> [[Category:Dictionary]][[Category:Terms]][[Category:Concepts]][[Category:Psychoanalysis]][[Category:Jacques Lacan]]{{OK}} __NOTOC__
