The Seduction of the Name: Universal Marranism and the Secret of Being-in-Language

The author combines Walter Benjamin’s speculations on language, naming, and horror with Jean Laplanche’s general theory of seduction and his notion of the enigmatic signifier in order to reconstruct what he identifies as the primal scene of initiation into language. Further, the...

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Main Author: Adam Lipszyc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/11/359