Lacan | GENUINE |

: This is the realm of images, identifications, and the ego. It begins with the "Mirror Stage," where an infant first recognizes its image in a mirror. This creates a sense of a "whole" self, but Lacan argued this is a fundamental misrecognition (méconnaissance). The ego is essentially an illusion built on external images.

: Analyzing how the "gaze" and the "mirror stage" function in cinema. : This is the realm of images, identifications, and the ego

: Critiquing and expanding on the "Phallus" as a symbolic signifier of power. The ego is essentially an illusion built on external images

To Lacan, the unconscious is not a primitive or biological "cauldron" of urges. Instead, he famously claimed that "the unconscious is structured like a language." This means that the same rules governing speech—metaphor and metonymy—also govern our dreams, slips of the tongue, and symptoms. The Three Orders: RSI To Lacan, the unconscious is not a primitive