Talk:Objet (petit) a

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The term -- which can be translated as "object small a" -- often remains untranslated.

The term -- which can be translated as "object small a" -- is often left in the French at Lacan's insistence.


The symbol a stands for the first letter of the word "autre" ("other").

It is always lower case to denote the "little other rather than the "big Other]]" symbolized by the capital A[utre].

The use of the lower case marks the distinction between this object and the "big Other" symbolized by the capital A[utre].

Index
as cause, 105
desire and, 6, 72, 80, 92-93, 95, 99-100, 126-27, 136
fantasy and, 80, 82, 86
as gaze, 49, 100, 126
hysteric's discourse and, 16-17
imaginary and, 92-94
as object of sucking, 126
Other and, 63, 92-93, 144
real and, 95
sexual relationship and, 58, 80, 86, 127
subject and, 127
as voice, 126