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A tangent but Lacan just distinguished Autre and autre (Other and other), but more recent philosophers in English (especially Zizek) popularized the more prono
by alpinisme 3y ago
A tangent but Lacan just distinguished Autre and autre (Other and other), but more recent philosophers in English (especially Zizek) popularized the more pronounceable distinction between the big and the little other.
To be fair though, “l’objet petit a” does occur in Lacan, though, so he wasn’t above the “big”/“little” terminology himself
- nonrandomstring 3y agowhere capitalised (B)ig other is a more spiritial (God) thing? I don't read French so that's a nuance I miss. Thanks. Edit: sorry tired and getting mixed up with Heidegger's being/Being
- coldtea 3y agoThe small 'other' is just the other people in life, as regular people. The capitalised Big Other is the organized, concrete and symbolic forces created/imposed by all other people into the individual: law, culture, social obligations, morality, language. It's the organised imposition/force of others, also called as "the symbolic order".
- nonrandomstring 3y agonice summary, thanks
- Der_Einzige 3y agoLacan is a massive charlatan, and him being taken seriously at all in any context indicts the entire idea of HN being a high quality discussion forum.
- panarky 3y agoThe quality of the discussion here is diminished by ad hominem attacks on theorists and those who discuss their ideas in good faith. The discussion might be elevated by reasoned counterarguments instead of unsubstantiated insults.