TY - JOUR
T1 - The cat ate our tonguebut we got it back
T2 - Benjamin's journey from domination to surrender
AU - Shalgi, Boaz
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/10/1
Y1 - 2012/10/1
N2 - This article attempts to interpret the evolution of the concept of intersubjectivity in Jessica Benjamin's work as a movement from probing into domination, through probing into recognition, to probing into surrender. After a short discussion of Benjamin's concept of domination, the article illustrates the way Benjamin's concept of intersubjectivity shifted, with the development of her thought, from mutual recognition of separate subjects to recognition of our basic interpenetrating creation and entwinement. Through a discussion of Hegel's philosophy a case is made that the evolution from an ontological stance that gives precedence to the subjective dimension of experience to an ontology which sees subjectivity, intersubjectivity, and objectivity as three essential dimensions of every human experience lies at the core of Benjamin's evolving concepts of intersubjectivity. A clinical vignette serves to illustrate the difference between domination, mutual recognition, and surrender.
AB - This article attempts to interpret the evolution of the concept of intersubjectivity in Jessica Benjamin's work as a movement from probing into domination, through probing into recognition, to probing into surrender. After a short discussion of Benjamin's concept of domination, the article illustrates the way Benjamin's concept of intersubjectivity shifted, with the development of her thought, from mutual recognition of separate subjects to recognition of our basic interpenetrating creation and entwinement. Through a discussion of Hegel's philosophy a case is made that the evolution from an ontological stance that gives precedence to the subjective dimension of experience to an ontology which sees subjectivity, intersubjectivity, and objectivity as three essential dimensions of every human experience lies at the core of Benjamin's evolving concepts of intersubjectivity. A clinical vignette serves to illustrate the difference between domination, mutual recognition, and surrender.
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U2 - 10.1080/15240657.2012.735581
DO - 10.1080/15240657.2012.735581
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SN - 1524-0657
VL - 13
SP - 277
EP - 294
JO - Studies in Gender and Sexuality
JF - Studies in Gender and Sexuality
IS - 4
ER -