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Homelessness or Symbolic Castration? Subjectivity, Language Acquisition, and Sociality in Julia Kristeva and Jacques Lacan
Article first published online: 9 JAN 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2005.tb00468.x
2005 by Hypatia, Inc.
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Special Issue: Contemporary Feminist Philosophy in German
Volume 20, Issue 2, pages 69–87, May 2005
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SCHMITZ, B. and JANSEN, T. B. J. (2005), Homelessness or Symbolic Castration? Subjectivity, Language Acquisition, and Sociality in Julia Kristeva and Jacques Lacan. Hypatia, 20: 69–87. doi: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2005.tb00468.x
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- Article first published online: 9 JAN 2009
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How much violence can a society expect its members to accept? A comparison between the language theories of Julia Kristeva and Jacques Lacan is the starting point for answering this question. A look at the early stages of language acquisition exposes the sacrificial logic of patriarchal society. Are those forces that restrict the individual to be conceived in a martial imagery of castration or is it possible that an existing society critically questions those points of socialization that leave their members in a state of homelessness? The following considerations should help to distinguish between unavoidable and avoidable forms of violence.