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This paper deals with the general topic of subjectivity and subjectivation, considered through a philosophical tradition opposed to the ‘philosophies of consciousness’: that is, a philosophical tradition, from Spinoza to Althusser, that rejects as a myth the supposed primacy and pre-social character of subjective identity.
Keywords: Althusser, Louis; Kippfigur; multistable figures; multistability; Pêcheux, Michelle; philosophy of consciousness; munchausen syndrome; subjectivity
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Part of Multistable Figures Containing:
Blurb / Christoph F. E. Holzhey
Frontmatter / Christoph F. E. Holzhey
Introduction / Christoph F. E. Holzhey
KippCity / Christine Hentschel
Aspects and Abstracta / B. Madison Mount
Splitting Images: Understanding Irreversible Fractures through Aspect Change / Luca Di Blasi
The Munchausen Effect: Subjectivity and Ideology
Cognition and Volition: Two Aspects of the Human in the Age of Experimental Systems / Benjamin Dawson
Identity Politics Redux / K. Heintzman
Multiple Temporalities of the Partisan Struggle: From Post-Yugoslav Nationalist Reconciliation Back to Partisan Poetry / Gal Kirn
Figuring Ambivalence, Capturing the Political: An Everyday Perspective / Brigitte Bargetz
Oscillations and Incommensurable Decisions: On the Multistable Use of Multistable Figures / Christoph F. E. Holzhey
Backmatter / Christoph F. E. Holzhey
Title
The Munchausen Effect
Subtitle
Subjectivity and Ideology
Author(s)
Pascale Gillot
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-08_05
Description
This paper deals with the general topic of subjectivity and subjectivation, considered through a philosophical tradition opposed to the ‘philosophies of consciousness’: that is, a philosophical tradition, from Spinoza to Althusser, that rejects as a myth the supposed primacy and pre-social character of subjective identity.
Is Part Of
Multistable Figures
Place
Vienna
Publisher
Turia + Kant
Date
2014
Subject
Althusser, Louis
Kippfigur
multistable figures
multistability
Pêcheux, Michelle
philosophy of consciousness
munchausen syndrome
subjectivity
Rights
© by the author(s)
This version is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Bibliographic Citation
Pascale Gillot, ‘The Munchausen Effect: Subjectivity and Ideology’, in Multistable Figures: On the Critical Potential of Ir/Reversible Aspect-Seeing, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey, Cultural Inquiry, 8 (Vienna: Turia + Kant, 2014), pp. 89–111 <https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-08_05>
Language
en-GB
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89
page end
111
Source
Multistable Figures: On the Critical Potential of Ir/Reversible Aspect-Seeing, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey, Cultural Inquiry, 8 (Vienna: Turia + Kant, 2014), pp. 89–111
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Cite as: Pascale Gillot, ‘The Munchausen Effect: Subjectivity and Ideology’, in Multistable Figures: On the Critical Potential of Ir/Reversible Aspect-Seeing, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey, Cultural Inquiry, 8 (Vienna: Turia + Kant, 2014), pp. 89–111 <https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-08_05>