Which text argues that, as infants, human beings begin to define their identities against the identities of others ?
Correct answer: D. Jacques Lacan's "The Mirror Stage . . . "
- A. Judith Butler's Gender Trouble
- B. W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk
- C. Roland Barthes's "The Death of the Author"
- D. Jacques Lacan's "The Mirror Stage . . . "
Explanation
Lacan’s “Mirror Stage” explains how an infant develops a sense of identity by identifying with an image outside itself and distinguishing that image from others. The concept therefore makes identity relational rather than completely self-generated.
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