SUBJECTIVITY

CAVALLARO PG 93

JAQUES LACAN (1901-1981),

SUBJECTIVITY A PRODUCT OF LANGUAGE. THERE IS NOTHING OUTSIDE LANGUAGE.

IMAGINARY: THE CHILD DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ANY SEPARATIONS BETWEEN SELF AND OTHER.

BETWEEN 6-18 MONTHS

MIRROR PHASE... PERCEIVE HIMSELF IN THE MIRROR AS AUTONOMOUS AND UNIFIED BODY-IMAGE AND IDENTIFIES WITH IT... ILLUSION OF COHERENCE AND WHOLENESS.

SYMBOLIC: THE CHILD ENTER THE WORLD OF ADULT LANGUAGE, LAWS AND INSTITUTION.

THE SUBJECT IS ALIENATED FROM ITS PHYSICAL ROOTS BY ITS INTEGRATION INTO AN IMPERSONAL ORDER OF ABSTRACT, DISEMBODIED SIGNS WHICH WILL NEVER ADEGUATELY ARTICULATE ITS THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS.

BEYOND BOTH THE IMAGINARY AND SYMBOLIC LIES WHAT LACAN CALLS THE REAL, NAMELY WHAT NEITHER LANGUAGE NOR CULTURE ARE CAPABLE OF NAMING AND REPRESENTING.

ALL THE MATERIAL FOR WHICH LANGUAGE ALLOWS NO EXPRESSION AND ALL ASPECTS OF OUR BEING WHICH REFUSE TO BE FORMALIZED ACCORDING TO DOMINANT RULES ARE REPRESSED AND GO TO CONSTITUTE THE UNCONCIOUS.