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The [[symbolic order]] is characterized by a binary opposition between [[absence]] and [[presence]].<ref>{{S4}} p.67-8</ref> | The [[symbolic order]] is characterized by a binary opposition between [[absence]] and [[presence]].<ref>{{S4}} p.67-8</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 04:04, 30 July 2006
The symbolic order is characterized by a binary opposition between absence and presence.[1]
In the symbolic order "nothing exists except upon an assumed foundation of absence."[2]
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Le Séminaire. Livre IV. La relation d'objet, 19566-57. Ed. Jacques-Alain Miller. Paris: Seuil, 1991. p.67-8
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits. Paris: Seuil, 1966. p.392
