THE DILEMMA OF THE INTERSUBJECTIVITY IN THE FORTY RULES OF LOVE BY ELIF SHAFAK

Keywords:

Intersubjectivity, domination, submission, recognition, psychoanalysis

Abstract

The current study is an effort to disclose the different psychological realities of intersubjective complementarities from the novel. The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak. Using the framework of Benjamin (1990), that explains the different effects of tension as, “domination, submission and recognition, which results from a breakdown of the necessary tension between self-assertion and mutual recognition that allows self and other to meet as sovereign equals”. Benjamin asserts about the psychological development of the subject in intersubjective relations, as “individuality became the inner drama of ego and objects. Research questions of this study are related to two key aspect of intersubjectivity. Concluding the intersubjectivity is composition of diverse and versatile subjects which results in different ways rather it starts with diversity and versatility and ends with the same diversity and versatility. This diversity and versatility in intersubjectivity is a storehouse of subjects where one can find many colors of intersubjectivity.

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Published

2021-01-31

How to Cite

THE DILEMMA OF THE INTERSUBJECTIVITY IN THE FORTY RULES OF LOVE BY ELIF SHAFAK. (2021). Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language (PJSEL), 7(1), 254–266. Retrieved from https://www.pjsel.jehanf.com/index.php/journal/article/view/528