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==Jacques Lacan==
The concept of the "[[fragmented body]]" is developed by [[Jacques Lacan]] in the context of the [[mirror stage]].
==Critical Dictionary==
In his early paper on the [[mirror stage]] (1949), [[Lacan]] refers to the ''[[imago]]'' of the [[fragmented body]] as an [[image]] of [[castration]] which expresses the [[subject]]'s [[feeling]] that the [[body]] [[lack]]s any substantial [[unity]].
The resultant [[anxiety]] stimulates the [[subject]]'s [[identification]] with the complete [[image]] in the [[mirror]], but the [[fragmented body]] always poses a [[threat]] to its [[unity]].
According to [[Lacan]], the ''[[imago]]'' of the [[fragmented body]] reappears when the [[analysis]] touches upon or provokes the [[aggressivity]] of the [[analysand]].
fragmented body ([[French]]:''corps morcelé'')