Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 09:38:33 -0500
From: "J.B. Sclisizzi" <jbs-AT-toronto.cbc.ca>
Subject: Re: Dream Signs


"Wilkerson, Richard" wrote:

> I also like to contrast Baudrillard and Jung in terms of sign and
> symbol. Both were concerned about culture shifting from the symbolic to the
> sign. But Jung focused on the symbolic, Baudrillard on the sign.

another interesting text in this regard, in case you haven't already come
across it,  is ricoeur's "freud and philosophy."  he examines the distinction
between symbol and sign in psychoanalysis (although, in his next work, "rule of
metaphor," under the influence of american language theorists, he totally
changes his approach to interpretation).  what makes the work even more
interesting is that lacan and his circle accused ricoeur of stealing lacan's
ideas for this book.  as such, the book is an interesting amalgamation of a lot
of thinking on the symbol.

toderov's "theories of the symbol" is also a good read, but he remains
inconclusive on how to approach the symbol ...

brent ...