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Definind limbajul. De la Cassirer la Lacan
DEFINING LANGUAGE. FROM CASSIRER TO LACAN

Author(s): Angelica Capraru
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: Cassirer; Lacan; language; myth; sign; arbitrary

Summary/Abstract: Noticing continuities and discontinuities between the various references made by Lacan and Cassirer regarding language, we have extracted within these pages a few sequences from the language definitions provided by the two scholars. Thus, we underline that, in spite of a perception based on different systems and having different goals, the two visions are joined by the purpose of establishing the role of the individual, of the myth, of the expressivity and sensitivity when producing language as a symbolic form, in the case of Cassirer and by the purpose of the individual being conditioned by the language, in the case of Lacan, respectively.

  • Issue Year: XII/2016
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 25-30
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English
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