The big Other has been satisfied
I have previously reasoned that since my defense, I effectively “had” my PhD, but I still wasn’t sure that my degree had fully registered in the symbolic order. Now all ambiguity has been dispelled by a public spectacle that included me receiving a diploma and a hood and shaking a lot of hands, a spectacle witnessed — one can assume — by the big Other.
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Now you’ve always already had PhD.
Comment by abb1 | May 17, 2009
Congratulation Doc!
Comment by Alex | May 17, 2009
I have this feeling you’re not talking about God here.
Comment by Rachel | May 17, 2009
Well, I didn’t see it, and neither did billions of Chinese, so don’t let your guard down just yet.
Comment by adamhenne | May 17, 2009
Sadly, I missed the ceremony, but I have no doubt that you are officially a doctor, Dr. Kotsko.
Comment by bitchphd | May 17, 2009
Philosophiae doctor! A real doctor. None of this medicine crap.
Comment by ben | May 17, 2009