fascinance
English
Etymology
See fascinate. Coined by Bracha L. Ettinger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfæsɪnəns/
Noun
fascinance (uncountable)
- (matrixial theory) A transformational and creative gaze, contrasted with the Lacanian "fascinum".
- 2009, Bracha Ettinger, Fragilization and Resistance
- In this spiral movement, the psyche-spirit of the painter, in itself already an expression of trans-subjective psychic involvment[sic], is embroidered by a passionate actively-passive fascinance.
- 2011, Halina Brunning, Psychoanalytic Reflections on a Changing World
- […] Ettinger's fascinance is a moment that has transformational properties, allowing a working-through of mother–daughter relations […]
- 2009, Bracha Ettinger, Fragilization and Resistance