The Perverse Subject of PoliticsLacan as reader of Mohammad Bouyeri
Strictly speaking, perversion is an inverted effect of the phantasy. It is the subject who determines himself as an object, in his encounter with the division of subjectivity. [...] It is in so far as...
View Article“God is Dead, but He Doesn’t Know It”Lacan plays with Bobok
The true formula of atheism is not God is dead – even by basing the origin of the function of the father upon his murder, Freud protects the father – the true formula of atheism is God is unconscious...
View ArticleEgo Ideal and the SuperegoLacan as a viewer of Casablanca
Nothing forces anyone to enjoy except the superego. The superego is the imperative of jouissance – Enjoy! [1] Although jouissance can be translated as “enjoyment,” translators of Lacan often leave it...
View ArticleTroubles with the RealLacan as a viewer of Alien
Whenever the membranes of the egg in which the foetus emerges on its way to becoming a new-born are broken, imagine for a moment that something flies off, and that one can do it with an egg as easily...
View ArticleFrom Che Vuoi? to FantasyLacan with Eyes Wide Shut
And why the Other with a capital O? For a no doubt mad reason, in the same way as it is madness every time we are obliged to bring in signs supplementary to those given by language. Here the mad...
View ArticleThe Interpassive SubjectLacan turns a prayer wheel
And what is a Chorus? You will be told that it’s you yourselves. Or perhaps that it isn’t you. But that’s not the point. Means are involved here, emotional means. In my view, the Chorus is people who...
View ArticleEmpty Gestures and PerformativesLacan confronts the CIA plot
Is it with the gifts of Danaoi (the Greeks who laid siege to Troy) or with the passwords that give them their salutary non-sense that language, with the law, begins? For these gifts are already...
View ArticleIntroduction
Let’s try to practice a little brain-washing on ourselves. [1] In 2000, the 100th anniversary of the publication of Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams was accompanied by a new wave of triumphalist...
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