Becoming a Subject: Reflections in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis

by Marcia Cavell

Marcia Cavell draws on philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the sciences of the mind in a fascinating and original investigation of human subjectivity. A "subject" is a creature, we may say, who recognizes herself as an "I," taking in the world from a subjective perspective; an agent, doing things for reasons, sometimes self-reflective, and able to assume responsibility for herself and some of her actions. If this is an ideal, how does a person become...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199287082
• ISBN13: 9780199287086
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"