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it for the class ification o f signs for example in rites of passage, where
" I"-Mouth mu st identify itself, th rough symbo li c signs, w ith its own
genitals and with the sex of the Other in becoming awa re of the " Il" :
the Hole and Dea th. I believe also tha t the juxtaposition of the
lingui stic surface and of symbolic activity can defin e and direct the
decoding of clinical and poetic delirium.
If
we di vide the tri an gles, primo rdi al, sexual, and exi stenti a l, by a
vertical axis dividing the apex of Sex / the Other, the fi elds o f Eros and
T hana tos emerge-the first o riented towards the side o f culture, the
second towards the side of na ture. The zone of taboo and sexual
repression also emerge. The tri an gles indica te, then , a semio ti c uni–
verse o f existence in its corpo rea l limits. In the las t analys is the vertices
represent " to be," " to be-come," " to be-dying"
(et re, etre-jouir,
etre-mourir
).
THE OTHER
TO
Bi-COME
translated from the
French
by
Mark R osenzweig
