PAGES 65[[Lacan]] introduced the [[concept]] of "[[separation]]" in [[Seminar XI]].<ref>{{S11}}</ref> "[[Separation]]" is linked to [[desire]], 71, 72and designates the [[process]] through which the [[child]] differentiates himself from the [[mother]] and is not simply a [[subject]] of [[language]]. [[Separation]] occurs in the [[domain]] of [[desire]] and requires from the [[subject]] a "[[want-to-be]]" (''[[manque]]-à-4, 85, 89 HOMERêtre'') separate from the [[signifying chain]]. It also involves a "[[want]] to [[know]]" of that which is [[outside]] [[structure]] and beyond [[language]] and the [[Other]]. separation 65, 71, 72-4, 85, 89
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