The topological dimension of Lacanian optics
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Analysis, 2002•search.informit.orgThe Topological Dimension of Lacanian Optics Page 1 Analysis W 11 (2002) The topological
dimension of Lacanian optics Ellie Ragland Familiar receptions of Lacan's theory of the gaze
started in the USA and England' in film theory where the male gaze was taken as the active
subject of seeing. The gaze, the eye and the subject became one constellation, a conscious
agent of seeing who-if the gazer is male-metaphorically castrates and thereby subjugates the
female, making her an object, not a subject: I Others have conflated Lacan's theory of the gaze …
dimension of Lacanian optics Ellie Ragland Familiar receptions of Lacan's theory of the gaze
started in the USA and England' in film theory where the male gaze was taken as the active
subject of seeing. The gaze, the eye and the subject became one constellation, a conscious
agent of seeing who-if the gazer is male-metaphorically castrates and thereby subjugates the
female, making her an object, not a subject: I Others have conflated Lacan's theory of the gaze …
The topological dimension of the Lacanian theory on the optical gaze is analysed. The theory proposes that the topology of the gaze shows the real of the subject's structure in relation to the Other.
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