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 her own subjective perspective; who is an agent, doing things for reasons, sometimes self-reflective, and able to assume responsibility for herself and some of her actions. The idea of a 'subject' points, then,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199287090
• ISBN13: 9780199287093
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"