Keep it in place
1. Does "lacking subject" in the following text mean "an incomplete subject"?
What does the highlighted "it" refer to? And what does "to keep it in place" mean?
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According to Lacan, it is this misrecognition that dominates our relation to the image and which causes us misery in our bound-to-fail attempts to uphold this image of ourselves both in our own and in others’ eyes. This misrecognition founds a lacking subject, a subject who is not complete but uses the image to give itself the illusion of completeness, an illusion which, while partly necessary, leads one to erect defence mechanisms, such as superiority over others, to keep it in place.
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catttt 1. Does "lacking subject" in the following text mean "an incomplete subject"? This "lacking subject" is jargon from Lacan.
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- Does "lacking subject" in the following text mean "an incomplete subject"?
- This "lacking subject" is jargon from Lacan.
- At least the writer tries to define it a little.
- You would have to read Lacan to get the full picture.
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catttt1. Does "lacking subject" in the following text mean "an incomplete subject"?
This "lacking subject" is jargon from Lacan. At least the writer tries to define it a little. You would have to read Lacan to get the full picture.
cattttWhat does the highlighted "it" refer to?
The illusion.
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