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Perversion and the Social Relation: sic IV
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Paperback. Consider the usefulness of the category of the perverse for exploring how social relations are formed, maintained, and transformed. This book focuses on perversion as a psychic structure and provides an alternative to models of social interpretation based on classical Oedipal models of maturation and desire. Editor(s): Rothenberg, Mikel A.; Foster, Dennis A.; Zizek, Slavoj. Series: [SIC] Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 charts. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
The masochist, the voyeur, the sadist, the sodomite, the fetishist, the pedophile, and the necrophiliac all expose hidden but essential elements of the social relation. Arguing that the concept of perversion, usually stigmatized, ought rather to be understood as a necessary stage in the development of all non-psychotic subjects, the essays in Perversion and the Social Relation consider the usefulness of the category of the perverse for exploring how social relations are formed, maintained, and transformed.
The masochist, the voyeur, the sadist, the sodomite, the fetishist, the pedophile, and the necrophiliac all expose hidden but essential elements of the social relation. Arguing that the concept of perversion, usually stigmatized, ought rather to be understood as a necessary stage in the development of all non-psychotic subjects, the essays in Perversion and the Social Relation consider the usefulness of the category of the perverse for exploring how social relations are formed, maintained, and transformed.
By focusing on perversion as a psychic structure rather than as aberrant behavior, the contributors provide an alternative to models of social interpretation based on ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
[SIC] Series
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822330974
SKU
V9780822330974
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About Rothenberg
Molly Anne Rothenberg is Associate of English and Co-Director of the Literature Program at Tulane University. She is a practicing psychoanalyst and the author of Re-Thinking Blake’s Textuality. Dennis A. Foster is Frensley Professor of English at Southern Methodist University. He is author of Confession and Complicity in Narrative and Sublime Enjoyment. Slavoj Žižek is Senior Researcher at ... Read more
Reviews for Perversion and the Social Relation: sic IV
"The only true awareness of our subjection is the awareness of the obscene, excessive pleasure (surplus enjoyment) we get from it. This is why the first gesture of liberation is not to get rid of this excessive pleasure, but to assume it actively."
Slavoj Žižek, from his chapter, "The Ambiguity of the Masochist Social Link" “[T]his work represents an intriguing attempt ... Read more
Slavoj Žižek, from his chapter, "The Ambiguity of the Masochist Social Link" “[T]his work represents an intriguing attempt ... Read more