Reflected gaze of the other
1. Does " coherency of identity is ascertained" mean "the identity is formed"?
2. Does "reflected gaze of the other" mean "how others look at the person" that is "mirroring how others think about the person"?
3. Does "but by less immediate figures as life expands and diversifies" mean "but, by other people than parents, as life expands and gets more complex"?
Context:
Here, Williamson invokes Jacques Lacan’s theory of the mirror stage in the development of the human subject where coherency of identity is ascertained through the reflected gaze of the other, principally the parent in the early years of infancy, but by less immediate figures as life expands and diversifies.
Top answer
As in most art philosophy statements, words are not used in the normal sense because the writer is trying to seem mysteriously wise. However, here is my take: 1. Does " coherency of identity is ascertained " mean "the identity is formed"?
- As in most art philosophy statements, words are not used in the normal sense because the writer is trying to seem mysteriously wise.
- However, here is my take: 1.
- Does " coherency of identity is ascertained " mean "the identity is formed"?
- Not exactly.
- The writer seems to say that the sense of being one person (rather than a mass of feelings and thoughts) is discovered by how others see us.
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As in most art philosophy statements, words are not used in the normal sense because the writer is trying to seem mysteriously wise. However, here is my take:
1. Does " coherency of identity is ascertained" mean "the identity is formed"? Not exactly. The writer seems to say that the sense of being one person (rather than a mass
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