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The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a misleading concept which emphasizes identity where we should be discussing the process of becoming. We should replace talk of the subject with 'processes of subjectification.

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The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠best approached not as a matter of determinate forms (i.e. From the perspective of knowledge) or constraining rules (i.e. As an effect of power power) but as a matter of the optional, aesthetic, and ethical rules that make existence a work of art and a matter of style.

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The Subject (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in structuralism, not the occupant and functionary of structural relations, but is himself the definition and distribution of these places and these functions.

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The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not an entirely useful term, as it points to identity. Of more importance is the processes of subjectivation.

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The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the structure itself: The differential and the singular... the 'reciprocal determination' and the complete determination.

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The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠without any identity, if it exists at all.