Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Subject for another subject
So people my question to you is what do you think about what Sartre said about people not being capable of being subject for another subject? Do you think it is because we try so hard to fancy the person in the other side to the point where we lose our authenticity and the other person can not understand and see our subjectivity or something else? leave your interesting and creative responses below :)
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I think Sartre said that we become object as soon as someone gazes at us because we don't perceive them, we see how they see us, hence as they become subject to us, we come object to them. This then leads us to our insecurities; for example if someone says my ears are too big, I while having had they same set of ears for 18 years have never thought them abnormally big but now after someone says I have big ears I am now self conscious.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Sartre, When we see a person at first time we see them as "Object" but if I recognize the other as a subject, connect with the Universe. I see myself through part of the other. One can never experience on others world.
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ReplyDeleteI believe that Sartre is trying to emphasize the idea that nothing can be objective. Kant had an interesting theory about a black box being our minds. The only way to comprehend life was to see through the black box, but because it is a filter of biases, we will never know what "reality" truly is. Likewise, when Sartre goes on to say that we will always be subjects and others will be subjects for us, he creates a scenario that illustrates human nature.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's so much of not understanding the subjectivity, more so, that we choose to ignore it in a sense. Since Sartre theory was that we only see the object in a person, we aren't bestowing onto them the same courtesy we are expecting back. Therefore, it is inevitable that we only look at the face value of something, rather than delving deeper.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure whether it is possible to ever truly regard a human being as merely subject, seeing as the first thing we notice is appearance, which in itself, is objectifying another. Maybe after that moment of first contact, we can then establish some deeper connection, but the likelihood of that happening with every person we meet, is highly doubted.
Thing is though, we often forget that our authenticity is KEY to "impressing someone" and making pure connections, not the other way around.
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