Journal article
Toward a Theoretical Outline of the Subject: The Centrality of Adorno and Lacan for Feminist Political Theorizing
Political theory, Vol.36(3), pp.351-376
06/2008
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/113733
Abstract
This essay draws on Adorno's concept of the non-identical in conjunction with Lacan's concept of the Real to propose a “theoretical outline of the subject” as central for feminist political theorizing. A theoretical outline of the subject recognizes the limits of theorizing, the moment where meaning fails and we are confronted with the impossibility to fully grasp the subject. At the same time, it insists on the importance of a coherent (if not whole) subject through which to effect transformations in the sociopolitical sphere. Since the non-identical is more grounded in the material world than the Real, and the Real allows us more than the non-identical to grasp the anxieties and desires that lead to totalizing theories, it is a complementary Adornian-Lacanian theoretical framework that holds a central promise for feminist political theorizing.
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- Title
- Toward a Theoretical Outline of the Subject
- Creators
- Claudia Leeb - Harvard University
- Publication Details
- Political theory, Vol.36(3), pp.351-376
- Academic Unit
- Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, School of
- Identifiers
- 99900548165601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article