Browsing Research Articles (Psychology) by Subject "Jouissance"

Browsing Research Articles (Psychology) by Subject "Jouissance"

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  • Das Ding as object of melancholia 
    Hook, Derek (Routledge, 2018)
    While Freud’s account of melancholia stresses the role of a lost object, a Lacanian approach draws attention to the role of an intruding and excessive “real” object and the inability of the psychotic subject to adequately ...
  • Racism and jouissance : evaluating the “racism as (the theft of) enjoyment” hypothesis 
    Hook, Derek (Springer, 2018-09)
    This paper introduces and evaluates the Lacanian idea that racism can be conceptualized both as a mode of enjoyment (jouissance) and as a reaction to the perceived “theft of enjoyment.” Despite the distinct analytical ...
  • What is "enjoyment as a political factor"? 
    Hook, Derek (Wiley, 2017-08)
    The notion of “enjoyment as a political factor” is a key motif in Lacanian psychoanalytic social theory. This article explores the notion of enjoyment/jouissance—a type of “negative pleasure” or intense libidinal arousal—as ...