The extract belongs to Nice Work written by David Loge were two protagonists, Robyn (university teacher) and Vic explain their philosophical ideas.
In the extract, Robyn explains the concept of the “self”, states her thesis and sustains it through different examples in the lines below.
In the first part she sustains that the idea of self does not exist and it is only “ a subject position in an infinite web of discourses”: indeed we’re submitted and trapped in this web.
She sustains that an author is not able to crate a text from nothing indeed creates a text based on the texts written previously because “every text is a product of other texts”.
Finally she resumes the idea of self, explaining an important point: she said that “we produce our ‘selves’ in language”: so language is important o creates a person’s identity because ‘you are what speaks you and not what you speak’. For this reason, Robyn elaborates her ‘semiotic materialism’: she comprises a set of theoretical approaches to signs production and communication.
Concluding, the extract finishes with the explanation and description of Robyn’s daily routine.