EN 204 Lecture 9: Deconstruction and Psychoanalysis
14 Feb 2017
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Identity takes binary that is stable and destabilizes it. Identity is thrust upon us from outside how people see you. May not be how you see yourself (deconstruction) Look at identity as production never complete, always in process. Cultural identity: not stabled signified that a signifier represents. Example: everything is constantly in motion=a process. We change our identities when we leave class. How you occupy positions at the same time. These concepts define you, you do not define them. Some processes and concepts don"t flow together. Everything has to be in the signifying change. Memories and experiences make us who we are. Stages are looked at as a guiding narrative. The body is a self-enclosed being to each other. Cartisean model: who you think is who you are. Example: i think therefore i am . What we think is who we are. We do not make decisions based on reasoning. Have to take rational steps to get to guiding narrative.
