In the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan, objet petit a (French for "object little a"; "a" for "autre", i.e. other) stands for the unattainable object of desire, a projection or reflection of the ego made to symbolise otherness, like a specular image, as opposed to the big Other (written as capitalised "A") which represents otherness itself.
In the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan, objet petit a (French for "object little a"; "a" for "autre", i.e. other) stands for the unattainable object of desire, a projection or reflection of the ego made to symbolise otherness, like a specular image, as opposed to the big Other (written as capitalised "A") which represents otherness itself.
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