The inscriptive subject of psychoanalysis.
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Title
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The inscriptive subject of psychoanalysis.
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Identifier
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AAI9417458
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identifier
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9417458
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Creator
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Evans, Karen Sue.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Mary Wiseman
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Date
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1994
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Philosophy | Psychology, General
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Abstract
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As indicated by the title, this dissertation thematically explores the notion of the subject assumed by psychoanalysis, in particular, Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, which I term "the inscriptive subject." The subject is inscriptive because it is born into a context of pre-existing relations and, therefore, is written or defined by this whole network of relations. Following Lacan, this network is shown to be linguistic. The "birth" of the subject occurs in the Oedipal phase of development when this network or linguistic order is inscribed on the child's psyche. Because it is inscribed, the subject is destined to inscribe this order by perpetuating it. Although the laws of language are not inscribed on the child's psyche until the Oedipal event, the stage for this event is set prior to the Oedipus. Because language is the context into which the child is born, language determines the psychic organization of the child even prior to the Oedipus. The emphasis on a contextual definition of the subject is the point at which psychoanalysis and the work of Heidegger merge. The dissertation attempts to reconcile the divergent vocabularies of the two in a common conception of the human subject, or, more generally, the human being, as determined by its contextual limits.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
