A Study of the Concept of Semiotic Chora with a Reference to Plato's Timaeus

The renowned post-modern philosopher,Julia Kristeva, tries to depict the world and flowing subject through her psychiatric and linguistic approach towards the fundamental concepts of philosophy. So, based on the concept of Chora, she tries to explain her theory. This concept was used for the first time in Plato's Timaeus in order to elaborate the development of the world, but inKristeva's thought it turned out to be the first origin of the subject. This article is an attempt to explain the concept of Chora in Kristeva's thought and it's relevance to Plato's Chora.