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From: "MICHAEL SINANAN" <TEZSM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 12:32:35 GMT
> << Isn't the self a subject position? >> (Judy Motion)
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> Not necessarily, in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, the self would be an object,
> e.g. object relations. (Vunch)
I agree with Judy Motion. The original question (from Arne Klawitter) concerned the distinction made by Foucault between subject and self. This question addresses a theoretical point about Foucault's use of discourse in which he maintained a de-centred view of the subject. And so with the distinction between self and subject in mind I read:
"Not necessarily, in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, the self would be an object," as:
"In the discourse of psychoanalytic psychotherapy the subject is a self which is an object."
Mike
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