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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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apposition

The attachment to subjectivation constitutive of the subject is none other than the primordial masochist scene in which the subject makes/sees himself suffer.

In the sentence "The attachment to subjectivation," "constitutive of the subject" are said to be in apposition?
  

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Anonymous The attachment to subjectivation constitutive of the subject is none other than the primordial ********* scene in which the subject makes/sees himself suffer. I've tried to make sense out of that wording and, sorry to say, failed miserably.

  • Anonymous The attachment to subjectivation constitutive of the subject is none other than the primordial ********* scene in which the subject makes/sees himself suffer.
  • I've tried to make sense out of that wording and, sorry to say, failed miserably.
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AnonymousThe attachment to subjectivation constitutive of the subject is none other than the primordial ********* scene in which the subject makes/sees himself suffer.
I've tried to make sense out of that wording and, sorry to say, failed miserably.
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Hi

I think the noun that you need there is 'subjectivisation'

If a preposition is used, such as 'to' or 'of' then it is not apposition. For apposition, the two nouns must follow on:

- If someone always sees themself as the victim, it may be because they can only see things from the their own point of view. It is masochism, subjectivisation in practice

Dave
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AnonymousIn the sentence "The attachment to subjectivation," "constitutive of the subject" are said to be in apposition?
No. "attachment" is a noun. To have apposition, there must be another noun placed in parallel to the first noun. "constitutive" is an adjective so this can't be a case of apposition.

CJ

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