From anamorphosis to the distance point: Lacan’s logical revision of the subject as split in the visual field
摘要
This article offers an account of the disappearance of anamorphosis from Jacques Lacan’s analysis of visuality between Seminar XI and Seminar XIII. In the former, anamorphosis is deployed as a central example for demonstrating the role of the objet a in the constitution of the visual field. In Seminar XIII, however, Lacan’s account is markedly different. Following Lacan’s invocation of Erwin Panofsky, I attempt to explicate the significance of this disappearance and its relevance for Lacan’s conceptions of fantasy and subjectivity.