An email from a friend this evening contained an aphorism from E.M. Cioran. The aphorism (from, I’m guessing “The Trouble With Being Born”) is:
She meant absolutely nothing to me. Realizing, suddenly, after so many years, that whatever happens I shall never see her again, I nearly collapsed. We understand what death is [...]
By jgrefe
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Posted in Communication Studies
| Tags: aphorism, Body, Communication, death, E.M. Cioran, Existence, friend, life, mortality, Philosophy, the Other |
For Jacques Lacan, “the specular image” can be envisioned through the example of one seeing oneself in the mirror. The act of seeing the perceived wholeness of oneself in the reflection of the mirror is captivating for the child. It is this captivating gaze that produces the specular image (Encyclopedia of Lacanian Psychoanalysis). Is it [...]
By jgrefe
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Posted in Psychoanalytic Pondering, Social Media
| Tags: Embodiment, Grandpa Seth, Joshua, Lacan, MySpace, Psychoanalysis, Social Media, Specular Image, the Other, Troll 2, Web Cam |
In a conversation entitled “Japan through a Slovenian Looking Glass: Reflections of Media and Politic in Cinema,” Slavoj Zizek is asked about Japan. In this brief essay I will flesh out and hopefully expand a few key ideas he presents, namely: Japanese negation, Japanese ambiguity and the importance of the surface in communication. Moreover, being [...]
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