About this episode
Lacan’s Mirror Stage
Lacan, J. (1949). The Mirror Stage as Formative of the I Function as Revealed in Psychoanalytic Experience. In Écrits: A Selection (trans. A. Sheridan). New York: Norton, 1977.
Key idea: the child’s recognition of their reflection shapes the ego, but also introduces alienation — the self depends on an external image.
