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==Imaginary Order==[[Duality ]] and [[dual relations ]] are essential characteristics of the [[imaginary order]].  ==Dyads==The paradigmatic [[dual relation ]] is the relation between the EGo [[ego]] and the SPECULAR IMAGE [[specular image]] (''a and '' ''a''') which [[Lacan analyses ]] analyzes in his [[concept ]] of the MIRROR STAGE[[mirror stage]].  ==Symmetry==The [[dual relation ]] is always characterised characterized by illusions [[illusion]]s of similarity, symmetry and reciprocity. ==Symbolic Order==In contrast to the [[duality ]] of the [[imaginary ]] [[order]], the [[symbolic ]] [[order ]] is characterised by triads[[triad]]s.  ==Triads==In the [[symbolic ]] [[order ]] all relations involve not two but [[three ]] [[terms]]; the [[third ]] term is the [[big Other]], which mediates all [[imaginary ]] [[dual relationsrelation]]s.  ==Non-Symmetry==The [[illusion ]] of reciprocity in the [[imaginary ]] [[dual relationship relation]]ship contrasts with the [[symbolic]], which is the realm of '"absolute non-reciprocity' (."<ref>{{Ec, }} p. 774). </ref> ==Oedipus Complex==The [[Oedipus complex ]] is the paradigmatic [[triad|triangular ]] [[structure]], since the Father [[father]] is introduced into the [[dual relation ]] between [[mother ]] and [[child ]] as a third term.  ==Structure==The [[Oedipal ]] passage from a [[dual relation ]] to a [[triad|triangular ]] [[structure ]] is none other than the passage from the [[imaginary ]] to the [[symbolic ]] [[order]].  Indeed, the very concept of [[structure ]] itself involves a minimum of three terms; '"there are always three terms in the structure' (Sl, ."<ref>{{S1}} p.218).</ref> =="Imaginary Triad"==The opposition between [[imaginary dyads ]] [[dyad]]s and [[symbolic triads ]] [[triad]]s is complicated by [[Lacan]]'s [[discussion ]] of the '"[[imaginary triad' (]]."<ref>{{E, }} p. 197; {{S4, }} p. 29). </ref> The [[imaginary ]] [[triad ]] is [[Lacan]]'s attempt to theorise theorize the PREOEDIPAL STAGE [[preoedipal stage]] in terms other than those of a merely [[dual relationshiprelation]]ship, and refers to the [[moment ]] preceding the [[Oedipus complex]], when a third element (the [[imaginary phallus]]) circulates between the [[mother ]] and [[infant]].  When the [[father ]] intervenes in the [[Oedipus complex ]] he can therefore be seen either as a third element (between [[mother ]] and [[child]]) or as a fourth element (in addition to [[mother]], [[child ]] and [[phallus]]).  It is for this [[reason ]] that [[Lacan ]] writes that in the [[Oedipus complex ']] "it is not a question of a father-mother-child [[triangle]], but of a triangle (father)-phallus-mother-child' (."<ref>{{S3, }} p.319).</ref> ==Psychoanalytic Treatment==One of [[Lacan]]'s most frequent criticisms of the [[psychoanalytic theory ]] of his day is that it constantly fails to theorise the [[role ]] of the [[symbolic]], and thus reduces the [[psychoanalytic ]] [[encounter ]] to an [[imaginary ]] [[dual relationship relation]]ship between [[analyst ]] and [[analysand]]. Lacan argues that this error lies behind a whole series of misunderstandings in psychoanalytic theory (see E, 246).  In [[particular]], it reduces [[analytic ]] [[treatment ]] to an [[ego]]-to-[[ego ]] encounter which, because of the [[aggressivity ]] inherent in all [[imaginary ]] [[dual relationsrelation]]s, often degenerates into a '"[[fight to the death' ]]" between [[analyst ]] and [[analysand]], a [[power ]] [[struggle ]] in which they are '"at daggers drawn' (see MASTER)." ==Other==Against such a misconception, [[Lacan ]] insists on the function of the [[symbolic ]] in the [[analytic ]] [[process]], which introduces the [[Other ]] as the third term in the [[analytic ]] encounter. ' <blockquote>"It is within a three- rather than two-term relation that we have to formulate the analytic [[experience' (Sl, ll)]]."<ref>{{S1}} p. 11</ref></blockquote> Rather than [[seeing ]] the [[treatment ]] as a power struggle in which the [[analyst ]] must overcome the [[patient]]'s [[resistance]], which is not [[psychoanalysis ]] but [[suggestion]], the [[analyst ]] must realise that both he and the [[patient ]] are equally subjected to the power of a third term: [[language ]] itself. ==Jacques Lacan==[[Lacan]]'s [[rejection ]] of [[duality ]] can also be seen in his rejection of all dualistic [[dual]]istic schemes of [[thought ]] in favour of triadic [[triad]]ic schemes; 'all . <blockquote>"All two-sided relationships are always stamped with the style of [[the imaginary]]."<ref>{{L}} "[[Works of Jacques Lacan|Fetishism: The Symbolic, the Imaginary and the Real]]" (with W. Granoff), in M. [[Balint]] (ed.), ''Perversions: [[Psychodynamics]] and [[Therapy]]' (Lacan', New York: Random House, [[London]]: Tavistock, 1956b: . p. 274). </ref></blockquote> ===More Triads===For example instead of the traditional binary opposition between what is [[real ]] and what is [[imaginary]], [[Lacan ]] proposes a [[tripartite ]] [[model ]] of [[real]], [[imaginary ]] and [[symbolic]].  Other such triadic [[triad]]ic schemes are the three [[clinical structures ]] of [[neurosis]], [[psychosis ]] and [[perversion]]; the three formations [[formation]]s of the [[ego ]] ([[ego- ideal]], [[ideal ego ]] and [[superego]]); the [[triad ]] [[nature]]-[[culture]]-[[society]]; etc.  ==Quaternary==However, as if to counteract this trend, [[Lacan ]] also emphasised the importance of schemes involving four elements (see QUATERNARY[[quaternary]]). ==See Also =={{See}}* [[Analysand]]* [[Analyst]]||* [[Ego]]* [[Imaginary]]||* [[Language]]* [[Mirror Stage]]||* [[Mother]]* [[Oedipus complex]]||* [[Specular Image]]* [[Structure]]||* [[Symbolic]]* [[Treatment]]{{Also}} ==References==<div style="font-size:11px" class="references-small"><references/></div>* [http://www.ny-liability-insurance.com/ Liability Insurance NY] [[Category:Imaginary]][[Category:Jacques Lacan]][[Category:Psychoanalysis]][[Category:Dictionary]][[Category:Concepts]][[Category:Terms]]{{OK}} __NOTOC__