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(==Jacques Lacan=====The Three Orders===Although [[Lacan]] uses the [[terms ]] "[[real]]," "[[symbolic]]" and "imagianry[[imaginary]]" from early on in his work, it is not until 1953 that he speaks of these as [[three ]] "orders[[order]]s" or three "registers[[order|register]]s.")From that [[moment]] on they come to be the fundamental classification [[system]] around which all his theorizing turns. This classification system allows important distinctions to be drawn between [[concepts]] which, according to [[Lacan]], had previously been confused in [[psychoanalytic theory]].

(From ===Psychoanalytic Theory===For example [[Lacan]] argues that moment on they come much misunderstanding has arisen in [[psychoanalytic theory]] due to a failure to be distinguish between the fundamental [[imaginary]] [[father]], the [[symbolic]] [[father]] and the [[real]] [[father]]. Thus [[Lacan]] claims that his [[tripartite]] classification system around which all his theorizing turns.)has shed invaluable light on [[Freud]]'s [[work]]:

===Distinction===The [[imaginary]], the [[symbolic]] and the [[real]] are profoundly heterogeneous, each referring to quite distinct aspects of [[psychoanalytic]] [[experience]]. It is therefore difficult to see what they have in common, and yet, the fact that [[Jacques Lacan]] first develops the refers to all three as "[[order]]s" (or "implies that they share some common property. [[Lacan]] explores this question of what the three [[registerorder]]s") have in common by means of the [[topology]] of the [[Borromean knot]] in his 1974-5 [[seminar]], [[RSI]]. They are not [[mental]] forces like the three [[agency|agencies]] in 1953[[Freud]]'s [[structural model]]. However, they are primarily concerned with mental functioning, and together they cover the [[whole]] field of [[psychoanalysis]].

The [[imaginary]], the [[symbolic]] and the [[real]] thus comprise a basic classification system (around which all [[Lacan]]'s theorising turns) which allows important distinctions to be drawn between concepts which, according to [[Lacan]], had previously been confused in [[psychoanalytic theory]].  For example [[Lacan]] argues that much misunderstanding has arisen in [[psychoanalytic theory]] due to a failure to distinguish between the [[imaginary]] [[father]], the [[symbolic]] [[father]] and the [[real]] [[father]].  Thus [[Lacan]] claims that his tripartite classification system has shed invaluable light on [[Freud]]'s [[work]]:  <blockquote>"Without these three systems to guide ourselves by, it would be impossible to understand anything of the Freudian technique and experience."<ref>{{S1}} p.73</ref></blockquote> -- The [[imaginary]], the [[symbolic]] and the [[real]] are profoundly heterogeneous, each referring to quite distinct aspects of [[psychoanalytic]] [[experience]].  It is therefore difficult to see what they have in common, and yet, the fact that [[Lacan]] refers to all three as "[[order]]s" implies that they share some common property.  [[Lacan]] explores this question of what the three [[order]]s have in common by means of the [[topology]] of the [[Borromean knot]] in his 1974-5 [[seminar]], [[RSI]].  They are not mental forces like the three [[agency|agencies]] in [[Freud]]'s [[structural model]].  However, they are primarily concerned with mental functioning, and together they cover the whole field of [[psychoanalysis]]. --===Interdependence===Although the three [[orders]] are profoundly heterogeneous, each order must be defined by reference to the [[other ]] two.  The [[structural]] interdependence of the three [[order]]s is illustrated by the [[borromean Borromean knot]], in which the severing of any one of the three rings causes the other two to become separated also.<!-- =====More=====It should also be noted that the "orders" are not [[stable]] concepts; at each moment each may be implicated in the redefinition of the [[others]].-->

* [[Borromean knotTopology]]{{Also}}