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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

the fantasizing subject

"the fantasizing subject renders itself open to this other through the very retreat into fantasy. In turning its attention [inwards,] away from the public world, this subject becomes vulnerable to the look of the other." ? Todd McGowan

Q.I don't get the meaning of 'the fantasizing subject'
  

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Depsite the offputting use of "its", it seems that "the fantasizing subject" refers to a person who is fantasizing.

  • Depsite the offputting use of "its", it seems that "the fantasizing subject" refers to a person who is fantasizing.
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Depsite the offputting use of "its", it seems that "the fantasizing subject" refers to a person who is fantasizing.
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AnonymousQ.I don't get the meaning of 'the fantasizing subject'
Read the first sentence of the paragraph.
"If we consider the situation of the subject wrapped up in the experience of a private fantasy..."

The "fantasizing subject" is the subject which is experiencing a fantasy as described.

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