Re: “I Think Where I Am Not; Therefore I Am Where I Do Not Think”
On Feb 21, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am,” but Lacan said, “I think where I am not, therefore I am where I do not think.” If one regards the “I” of Lacan’s statement as the self of labor, his statement makes perfect sense in America as well as in the world.
This is the first time in my life I’ve ever been tempted to respond
with a “whatever.”
Doug