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Daoism Concepts in Kristeva’s “Chora”
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Abstract
Kristeva, in her publication Revolution In Poetic Language, refers to the concept of “chora” to reconstruct the demolition of emotionality and rationality in humankind. “Chora” is a space constituted of the Semiotic and the Symbolic for the preparation to generate humanity. I noticed that Kristeva’s “chora” functions not only in a semiotic way but also interpenetrates into the thoughts of Chinese Daoism. I believe this discovery is beneficial for us to understand Kristeva’s psychoanalysis in a different way with some cultural exchanges; in addition, we can come up with a new perspective on the traditional discussion of Daoism from western theories. I first reanalyzed Kristeva’s “chora” in a semiotic way. Then I argued that “chora” assimilates Chinese Daoism in two pieces of evidence: “Chora” can be valued as a Daoist matrix where drives or motivations are generated. More, “chora” shares the common features of Laozi’s potentiality and Zhuangzi’s obscurity.
Keywords
Kristeva, Daoism, Semiotics, Chinese, Philosophy
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Shang,D. (2023). Daoism Concepts in Kristeva’s “Chora”. Communications in Humanities Research,4,590-594.
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