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===Psychosis and the ImaginarySymbolic Order===
[[Lacan]] rejects the approach of those who limit their analysis of [[psychosis]] to the [[imaginary order]].
It is only by focusing on the [[symbolic order ]] that [[Lacan ]] is able to point to the fundamental determining element of [[psychosis]], namely ,the hole in the [[symbolic ]] [[order ]] caused by [[foreclosure ]] and the consequent "imprisonment" of the [[psychotic ]] [[subject ]] in the imaginary. It is also this emphasis on the symbolic order which leads Lacan to value above all the linguistic phenomena in [[psychosisimaginary]]: "the importance given to language phenomena in psychosis is for us the msot fruitful lesson of all."<ref>{{S3}} p.144</ref>
It is also this emphasis on the [[symbolic]] [[order]] which leads [[Lacan]] to value above all the [[linguistics|linguistic phenomena]] in [[psychosis]]:
<blockquote>"The importance given to language phenomena in psychosis is for us the msot fruitful lesson of all."<ref>{{S3}} p.144</ref></blockquote>
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