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The "[[Lacangraph of desire]] first develops the " is a [[graph of desiretopology|topographical representation]] in - [[Seminar Vtopology|the seminar of 1957-8schema]] in order to illustrate the or [[psychoanalytic theorytopology|model]] - of the [[jokestructure]]s.<ref>of [[Freud|Freud, Sigmunddesire]]. ''Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious. SE VIII. 1905.</ref>
The [[graph of desire|graph]] reappears in some of is a conceptual tool from the following [[seminarspsychoanalysis|psychoanalytic theory]], but then all but disappears from of [[Lacan]]'s [[Works of Jacques Lacan|work]].
The [[graph of desire|graph]] appears in various forms, although the most well known form of it appears in "is a [[The subversion topology|topological representation]] of the subject and the dialectic of desire in the Freudian unconscious]]."<ref>[[Lacan, Jacquesstructure]]. "Subversion du sujet et dialectique du désir dans l'inconscient freudien." ''of [[Écrits]]''. Paris: Seuil, 1966. p.793-827. "[[The subversion of the subject and the dialectic of desire in the Freudian unconscious]]." [[Ecrits: A Selection]]. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock. 1977. p.292-325</ref>
==Graph==It depends on ideas developed originally in Lacan's Schema R, a graph in which fundamental organizing sturctures of the human mind are shown in a schematic relationship to the registers which in turn structure human reality: the [[imaginary]], the [[symbolic]] and the [[real]]. The [[graph of desire]] is a 'flattened' representation of a [[signifying chain]] as it crosses a pathway [[Lacan]] called a vector of [[desire]. It appears as two curved lines which cross one another at two separate points. Each line has a symbolic meaning. ==Development==[[Lacan]] builds up the [[graph of desire]] in four stages. Its four successive stages represent the constitution of the [[human]] [[subject]] and his [[desire]]. The stages of the graph of desire are not meant to show any evolution or temporal development, since the graph always exists as a whole. Nevertheless, [[Lacan]] never intended to describe the [[biology|genetic]] [[development|stages]] of a [[biology|biological]] [[development]]. Rather, it represents the "[[time|logical moments]]" of the [[development|birth]] of a [[speech|speaking]] [[subject]]. ===Elementary Cell====[[Image:Lacan-graph-elementary.jpg|Elementary Cell|thumb|right|200px]]
The first of these stages in the "[[graph of desire|elementary cell]]" of the [[graph of desire|graph]].<ref>{{E}} p.303</ref>
The horizontal line represents the [[diachronic]] [[signifying chain]]; the horseshowhorseshoe-shaped line represents the vector of the [[subject]]'s [[intention]]ality.
The double intersection of these two lines illustrates the nature of [[time|retroaction]]: the message, at the point marked '''s(A)''' in the [[graph of desire|elementary cell]], is the ''[[point de capiton]]'' determined [[time|retroactively]] by the particular [[punctuation]] given to it by the [[Other]], '''A'''.
The pre[[linguistic|prelinguistic]] mythical [[subject]] of pure [[need]], indicated by the triangle, must pass through the defiles of the [[signifier]] which produces the [[divided]] [[subject]], '''$'''.
In the [[graph of desire|complete graph]] there are not one but two [[signifying chain]]s.
The lower [[chain ]] (from the [[signifier]] to the [[voice]]) is the [[conscious]] [[signifying chain]], the level of the [[statement]].
The upper [[chain ]] (from ''[[jouissance]]'' to [[castration]]) is the [[signifying chain]] in the [[unconscious]], the level of the [[enunciation]].
The [[structure]] is thus duplicated: the upper part of the [[graph]] is structured exactly like the lower part.
==See Also==
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* [[Desire]]
* ''[[Point de capiton]]''
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* [[Signifier]]
* [[Signifying Chain]]
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* [[Subject]]
* [[Unconscious]]
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