镜像与凝视中的自我身份认同——以视频博客(Vlog)文化现象为例

Self-identity from the Perspective of Mirror Image and Gaze Theory——Taking the Cultural Phenomenon of Video Blog(Vlog) as an Example

在镜像和凝视理论中,拉康认为,原初的自我只是一个“空无”,主体的诞生伴随着自我身份认同的确立。与此同时,自我身份认同必须建立在作为镜像的他者之上,因而包含着虚假的成分。由于他者的凝视总是先于主体的观看,主体总是带着他者的目光打量自我和观照世界,并常常对此浑然不知。随着自媒体行业的蓬勃发展,创作和分享Vlog已成为当代年轻人表达自我的新潮方式和实现身份认同的理想镜像。但在制作Vlog的过程中,创作者们往往是以某种他者的目光进行自我身份的想象性认同的,其中的自我看似在场,实际上却是缺场的。这种文化现象在一定程度上折射出了当代主体在仿真世界中的异化、自恋,以及与现实的割裂。

In the theory of mirror image and gaze,Lacan believes that the original self is just " nothingness",and the birth of the subject is accompanied by the establishment of self-identity. At the same time,self-identity must be based on the other as a mirror,so it contains false elements. Because the gaze of the other always precedes the gaze of the subject,the subject always looks at himself and observes the world with the eyes of the other,and often knows nothing about it. With the vigorous development of the media industry,creating and sharing Vlog has become a trendy way for contemporary young people to express themselves and an ideal mirror image to realize their identity. However,in the process of making Vlog,creators often identify themselves imaginatively with the eyes of others,in which the self seems to be present,but actually it is absent. To some extent,this cultural phenomenon reflects the alienation,narcissism and separation from reality of contemporary subjects in the simulation world.