Daly, G. (2014) Enjoyment/Jouissance. In: Butler, R. (ed.) The Zizek Dictionary :. London: Routledge. pp. 80-84.
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Jouissance, or enjoyment, does not equate simply to pleasure. In the Freudian sense, enjoyment is located beyond the pleasure principle. In his clinical practice, Freud had already observed incidents of self-harm and the strange compulsion in certain patients to keep revisiting the very experiences that were so disturbing and traumatic for them. This paradoxical phenomenon of deriving a kind of satisfaction through suffering, or pleasure through pain is what Lacan designates as jouissance.
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Creators:
Daly, G.
Editors:
Butler, R.
Publisher:
Routledge
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Date:
5 June 2014
Date Type:
Publication
Page Range:
pp. 80-84
Title of Book:
The Zizek Dictionary :
Number:
1st
Place of Publication:
London
Number of Pages:
5
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781844655823
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
Yes
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