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The [[imaginary]] is one of the [[order|three orders]] that [[structure]] [[human]] [[existence]], the [[others ]] [[being ]] the [[symbolic]] and the [[real]].
[[Lacan]]'s [[concept ]] of the [[Imaginary]] first appeared in his [[{{Y}}|1936]] [[Jacques Lacan:Bibliography|paper]] "[[The Mirror Stage]]".
The [[imaginary]] arises from the [[infant]]'s [[experience ]] of its [[specular ego]].
The [[child]] is literally [[captivate]]d by a [[specular]] [[other]] thanks to an [[identification]] which is also an [[alienation]].
The [[imaginary]] is thus the realm in which [[self ]] and other merge, and in which [[identity ]] is grounded in a mere [[semblance ]] of [[unity]].
The [[imaginary]] is not a [[stage ]] which is overcome or transcended, and is a cosntant [[presence ]] in the lives of human [[subjects]].
It arises with the [[mirror stage]] but extends far into the [[adult ]] [[individual]]'s experience of others and of the [[external ]] [[world]].
