Abstract

IMANISHI, Helena Amstalden. The metaphor in Lacan’s theory: the mirror stage. Bol. psicol [online]. 2008, vol.58, n.129, pp. 133-145. ISSN 0006-5943.

This article aims to discuss the role and the expression of metaphor in the construction of Lacan’s work, through the analysis of a specific metaphor from his theory and fundamental on its construction and support: the “metaphor of the mirror”. It’s around this analogy that Lacan articulates his hypothesis about the constitution of the I (Je) and points out to the fundamental role of the Other in this process. The analysis suggests the metaphor in Lacan’s work doesn’t have just aesthetical and rhetorical functions, but also cognitive.

Keywords : Metaphor; Lacan; Mirror stage.

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