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Publication Date: 2007-Dec
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"Wo Es War": Psychoanalysis, Marxism, and Subjectivity
Cho, Daniel
Educational Philosophy and Theory, v39 n7 p703-719 Dec 2007
Subjectivity, for Descartes, emerged when he doubted the veracity of his knowledge. Instead of truth, he counted this knowledge to be inherited myth. Cartesian subjectivity has been helpful for forming a critical education predicated on doubting ideology and hegemony. But Marx indicates a very different kind of knowledge in his analysis of capitalism. This knowledge cannot be doubted because we do not acknowledge it in the first place. For a Marxian critical education a different ground must be found for subjectivity. Psychoanalysis provides the theoretical resources for this subjectivity. Instead of negating the Cartesian project, psychoanalysis represents its advance.
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Political Attitudes, Philosophy, Social Systems, Ideology, Educational Philosophy
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