Jacques Lacan’s mirror stage describes the moment in which children discover themselves in the mirror. He argues that children, as opposed to animals, take longer to make the connection that their body if the same as the body that is in the mirror; it’s a sense of self discovery and exploration. Once they make that connection, Lacan says that it helps build the child’s self-identity and becomes the turning point of the mental development towards body image. Lacan also presents that in the process of discovery oneself in the mirror, the Ego is too created with the form of identification because the child is able to identify their body parts along with what they feel, and in turn the Ego is formed. Lacan also says that when the child witnesses his/her image he/she is disappointed to find out that their representation is not that of their mother’s.
The stage in which intelligence is developing the most, a child learns to mimic what he/she sees. Lacan appears to favor comparing the development of animals and that of children. He mentions that animals lose interest a lot faster than children who stress the mimicry of the newly found knowledge. However, identification is the greatest form of accomplishment a child reaches upon the discovery of the image against the mirror and then leads to the formation of desire. The ‘I’ is formed upon the creation of identification based on the mirror stage and then we are able to articulate knowledge through the use of mimesis (which, again, was learned through observation).
Lacan, Jacques. "The Mirror Stage as Formative of the Function of the I as Revealed in Psychoanalytic Experience." Literary Theory: An Anthology. 2nd ed. Ed. Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan. Malden, Ma: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. 341-37. 441-46.
The stage in which intelligence is developing the most, a child learns to mimic what he/she sees. Lacan appears to favor comparing the development of animals and that of children. He mentions that animals lose interest a lot faster than children who stress the mimicry of the newly found knowledge. However, identification is the greatest form of accomplishment a child reaches upon the discovery of the image against the mirror and then leads to the formation of desire. The ‘I’ is formed upon the creation of identification based on the mirror stage and then we are able to articulate knowledge through the use of mimesis (which, again, was learned through observation).
Lacan, Jacques. "The Mirror Stage as Formative of the Function of the I as Revealed in Psychoanalytic Experience." Literary Theory: An Anthology. 2nd ed. Ed. Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan. Malden, Ma: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. 341-37. 441-46.
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