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===Topology===[[Image:moebiusstrip.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Moebius strip]]The [[moebius strip]] is one of the [[figures]] studied by [[Lacan]] in his use of [[topology]]. It is a [[three]]-dimensional [[figure ]] that can be formed by taking a long rectangle of paper and twisting it once before joining its ends together.
===Space===The result is a figure which subverts our normal (Euclidean) way of representing [[space]], for it seems to ahve have two sides but in fact has only one. Locally, at any one point, two sides can be clearly distinguished, but when the [[whole]] strip is traversed it becomes clear that they are in fact continuous.
===Binary Oppositions===The figure illustrates the way that [[psychoanalysis]] problematizes various binary oppositions, such as [[inside]]/[[outside]], [[love]]/[[hate]], [[signifier]]/[[signified]], [[truth]]/[[appearance]]. While the two sides [[terms]] in such oppositions are only distinguished by often presented as radically distinct, [[Lacan]] prefers to [[understand]] these oppositions in terms of the dimension [[topology]] of timethe [[moebius strip]]. The opposed terms are thus seen to be not discrete but continuous with each [[other]]. Likewise, the time it takes to traverse [[discourse]] of the [[master]] is continuous with the [[discourse]] of the whole strip[[analyst]].
==See Also==
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* [[Algebra]]
* [[Borromean knot]]
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* [[Extimacy]]
* [[Fantasy]]
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* [[Matheme]]
* [[Topology]]
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