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Talk and Silence: Instantiations and Articulations
Date Issued
2003-01
Date Available
2014-08-15T15:03:08Z
Abstract
This paper considers the desire for unity, reconciliation and consensus underpinning three models of talking – namely, 'the meeting', 'the dyadic love relationship', and 'the psychoanalytic session'. We highlight the three domains’ shared intellectual and historical heritage wherein talk is seen as a mode of achieving unity (of the group, of the dyad, or of the self) and conversely 'silence' is seen as pathology. Through looking at the role of silence in the works of Lacan, Joyce, and Beckett, we then examine how conversations with a collective, an Other, the self, etc. can all be enriched by ambivalence, antagonism
and, in particular, silence. In contrast to the conventional understanding, silence is not the 'end' of understanding, but rather a new beginning. From this perspective, silence can be the basis upon which we can begin to imagine a principled relationship with the Other.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Ephemera
Journal
Ephemera
Volume
3
Issue
4
Start Page
288
End Page
305
Series
Critical Dialogues on Organization: Silent Sounds #4
Copyright (Published Version)
2003 Ephemera
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
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