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Selfhood and otherhood, or selfhood vs otherhood? : questions of interiority and exteriority in contemporary cultural theory

This Thesis deals with the problem of selfhood and otherhood, or selfhood vs otherhood from the point of view of contemporary postmodern, structuralist, psychoanalytic and developmentalist theories. In the first chapter, Jean Baudrillard and Jacques Lacan are examples of theories of exteriority. In chapter II, Sigmund Freud and Melanie Klein present arguments for theories of interiority. In the third and final chapter, Daniel Stern' s analysis allows for a reconciliation of the two opposing points of view about the nature of the Subject. His work is significant in that it offers a synthetic view of the Self and its relationship to the Other.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.26639
Date January 1994
CreatorsGedeon, Randa
ContributorsMassumi, Brian (advisor)
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageMaster of Arts (Graduate Communications Program.)
RightsAll items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
Relationalephsysno: 001447537, proquestno: MM99901, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest.

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