the big Other
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The big Other is a central Lacanian psychoanalytic concept denoting the symbolic order of language, law, and social norms that structures subjectivity and desire.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lacanian concept
ⓘ
philosophical concept ⓘ psychoanalytic concept ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Lacanian clinical theory
ⓘ
Lacanian seminars NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacanian structural theory of the subject ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jacques Lacan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToRegister | Symbolic register ⓘ |
| characterizedAs |
impersonal symbolic structure
ⓘ
locus of the law ⓘ network of signifiers ⓘ place of the code of language ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | the small other ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
language
ⓘ
law ⓘ social norms ⓘ structure of desire ⓘ structure of subjectivity ⓘ symbolic authority ⓘ symbolic order ⓘ |
| defines | field of speech and language in which the subject is inscribed ⓘ |
| field |
continental philosophy
ⓘ
psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| function |
guarantee of meaning
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locus of the signifier ⓘ place from which the subject is addressed ⓘ support of symbolic authority ⓘ |
| influenced |
Lacanian film theory
ⓘ
cultural studies ⓘ political theory ⓘ post-structuralist theory ⓘ |
| interpretedBy |
Alain Badiou
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joan Copjec NERFINISHED ⓘ Slavoj Žižek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notIdenticalWith |
empirical individuals
ⓘ
imaginary ego ⓘ |
| ontologicalStatus | symbolic rather than empirical entity ⓘ |
| originatedBy | Jacques Lacan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Lacanian triad of Real Imaginary Symbolic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Name-of-the-Father
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desire ⓘ lack ⓘ law of the father ⓘ subject of the unconscious ⓘ symbolic castration ⓘ symbolic law ⓘ |
| roleInDesire | locus from which desire is articulated ⓘ |
| roleInSubjectFormation |
conditions possibility of subjectivity
ⓘ
pre-exists the subject ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework | Lacanian psychoanalysis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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