24
Feb
[Re-Description] Bittersweet
Reading Anne Carson's Wikipedia page,
Eros the Bittersweet – Carson's first book of criticism, published in 1986
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Jouissance Studies
23
Feb
Anne Carson on why we should read classics today
Here is an excerpt From Anne Carson/Antiquity, a collection edited by Laura Jansen.
This is Carson being quoted from
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08
Feb
Pro wrestling & jouissance
From an article on Wrestling Inc. on the work that Al Snow is doing at OVW:
I'm also
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07
Feb
Compasses, then & now
On the back of Desire and Its Interpretations: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book VI Jacques-Alain Miller writes:
Up until
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06
Feb
QTS-012 | Minimalism & desire
In her post titled Don't make simplicity complicated, Clare Devlin writes:
Anything taken to the extreme can be
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04
Feb
The fantasy of an evil Other
Writing in The Atlantic, David Brooks focuses on a turn in how people “self-identified” and calls our attention to the
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28
May
Debt Ceiling
Ezra Klein writes (behind NYTimes paywall):
Defenders of the debt ceiling will tell you that the limit has been around
28
May
Hysteria plus cruelty
David French in his most recent NYTimes column (article is behind the paywall):
Hysteria plus cruelty is a recipe for
17
Dec
The end of the analysis is beyond the pleasure principle
Another significant bit from the 1986 article Lacan and the Ethics by John Rajchman, where he makes a very astute
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29
Jun
Existing as an Individual & a Member of a Society
From Using Lacan, Reading Fiction, by James M. Mellard.
Various theorists have embraced Lacan because his reading of Freud has
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