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In 1946, he speaks of an "interrogative gap" which opens up in [[madness]], when the [[subject]] is perplexed by the phenomenona which he experiences ([[hallucinations]], etc) -- In the early 1950s, the term comes to refer to the fundamental rupture between [[man]] and [[nature]], which is due to the fact that "in man, the imaginary relation has deviated, in so far as that is where the gap is produced whereby death makes itself felt."<ref>{{S2Ec}} ppp.210165-6</ref>

This gap ==Man and Nature==In the early 1950s, the term comes to refer to the fundamental rupture between [[man]] and [[nature]] , which is evident due to the fact that "in man, the imaginary relation has deviated, in so far as that is where the [[mirror stage]]:gap is produced whereby death makes itself felt."<ref>{{S2}} p. 210</ref>

<blockquote>"One has to assume a certain biological This [[gap in him ]] between [[man], which I try to define when I talk to you about ] and [[nature]] is evident in the [[mirror stage.... The human being has a special relation with his own image - a relation of gap, of alienating tension.<ref>{{S2}} p.323</ref></blockquote>]]:

<blockquote>"One has to assume a certain biological gap in him [man], which I try to define when I talk to you about the mirror stage.... The human being has a special relation with his own image --a relation of gap, of alienating tension.<ref>{{S2}} p. 323</ref></blockquote>

==Imaginary==The function of the [[imaginary]] is precisely to fill this [[gap]], thus covering over the [[subject]]'s [[division]] and presenting an [[imaginary]] sense of [[fragmented body|unity ]] and [[lack|wholeness]].

In 1957 This anticipates [[Lacan]]'s later remarkes on the term is used in the context [[existence|non-existence]] of the [[sexual relationship between the sexes; "in the relation between man and woman... a gap always remains open.<ref>{{S4}} p.374; {{S4}} p]].408</ref>

This anticipates ==Split Subject==In 1964, [[Lacan]]'s later remarkes on argues that "the non-relation of the subject to the Other is entirely produced in a process of gap,"<ref>{{S11}} p. 206</ref> and states that the [[subject]] is constituted by a [[existencegap]] of , since the [[sexual relationshipsubject]] is essentially [[divided]].

-- In 1964, [[Lacan]] argues that "the relation of the subject to the Other is entirely produced in a process of gap,"<ref>{{S11}} p.206</ref> and states that the [[subject]] is constituted by a [[gap]], since the [[subject]] is essentially [[divided]]. He also argues that the concept of [[causality]] is essentially problematic because there is always a mysterious, inexplicable [[gap]] betwen [[cause ]] and effect.<ref>{{S11}} p.21-2</ref> --

[[gap|Dehiscence]] is a botanical term which designates the bursting open of mature seed-pots; [[Lacan]] uses the term to refer to the [[split]] which is constitutive of the [[subject]]: there is "a vital dehiscence that is constitutive of man."<ref>{{E}} p.21</ref> This [[split]] is also the [[division]] between [[culture]] and [[nature]] which means that [[man]]'s relation to the latter "is altered by a certain dehiscence at the heart of the organism, a primordial Discord."<ref>{{E}} p.4</ref>

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