…only is that this standard accusation then, you know, so fashionable in so-called postmodern deconstructionism of binary logic, Lacan, no, Lacan I think is the most radical undermining of binary logic. For Lacan, what he calls primordial repression, As he…

…so-called postmodern deconstructionism of binary logic, Lacan, no, Lacan I think is the most radical undermining of binary logic. For Lacan, what he calls primordial repression, As he puts it, the repression, the lack, the void of the binary signifier. Like…

…to put it, yin without yang or whichever way you put it. And on the place of this lack the multitude then emerges. So Lacan has a very nice abstract, even philosophical, or what it was called 20 years ago, 40 years ago, logic of the signifier level of…

…the agent is neutral knowledge. It's knowledge. This knowledge is addressed precisely to that remainder. So you see the nice logic of Lacan. This object, small a, was the excess of the master's discourse. When that fails, ah, the idea is, of course, let's…

…is precisely the paradox of a discourse which appears to be purely scientific, university, although that's another story. For Lacan, science does not have the structure of university discourse. It's another, nonetheless, it's not, but the point is that…

…change. The other way to undermine or to change, to step out of the position of the master's discourse is what Lacan calls hysterical discourse. Here also the matrix works perfectly because this is what defines hysteria for Lacan. Hysteria is the subject,…

…master's discourse is what Lacan calls hysterical discourse. Here also the matrix works perfectly because this is what defines hysteria for Lacan. Hysteria is the subject, the split subject provoking the master. In what way? Tell me What the hysteric does is…

…what I am. Here we have already a very nice point of Lacanian theory which should be kept in mind, which is that for Lacan, you know all this poetry, yeah, the object of desire is originally lost and so on, but for Lacan, the lost object of desire…

…in mind, which is that for Lacan, you know all this poetry, yeah, the object of desire is originally lost and so on, but for Lacan, the lost object of desire is ultimately not out there what I desire, it is rather me, myself, as an object. That is to…

…object of individual investment. But, you know, the primordial enigma is, why? What do they see in me? What kind of... This is for Lacan the primordial enigma. What kind of an object I am? If that idiot says, he, she loves me, I love you. Why? What…

…what do you see in me that I am your wife? Why am I your wife? You know, this questioning. Which is why for Lacan there is a hysterical aspect of every revolutionary explosion and so on and so on. Then, this is the analyst discourse which is strangely…

…to hysterical discourse. No, sorry, to the discourse of perversion. Because this is also Lacan's formula of perversion. What does Lacan mean by this? Perversion is truly a contrast, the opposite of hysteria. The minimal definition of hysteria is questioning.…

…cannot accept this identity. Okay, but in contrast to this hysterical doubt, which is why I love them, the pervert subject for Lacan is not simply, no, perversion is for Lacan a formal, symbolic, I don't like the word structure, but okay, structure. It…

…contrast to this hysterical doubt, which is why I love them, the pervert subject for Lacan is not simply, no, perversion is for Lacan a formal, symbolic, I don't like the word structure, but okay, structure. It has nothing to do with, oh my God, what…

…but only in the discourse of, only in the analytic link, knowledge functions arrives at the place of truth. And I think the way Lacan refers here to the notion of truth, it has something to do with the way Alain Badiou does it. What do I mean by…

…and so on and so on but I think it is much more productive to focus on another aspect of this so-called what Lacan calls big other the intricate cobweb of unwritten, implicit rules. They are never explicitly stated. If you state them explicitly, you even…

…retain instead of letting go, and so on, and so on. So, and here, I would like to briefly refer to Jacques Lacan, who elaborates this point in his seminar 6, not yet translated into English, with reference to Simone Weil, precisely, how Lacan makes…

…to Jacques Lacan, who elaborates this point in his seminar 6, not yet translated into English, with reference to Simone Weil, precisely, how Lacan makes a very nice point here, how if you want to grasp at its purest, or render at its purest an image of…

…transgressive desire, you know, excessive violence, excessive sexual orgy, whatever. No, the ultimate figure of the subject of desire for Lacan is this mysterious attitude of the miser to his precious possession. You know this proverbial figure, I know this…

…the objects, which are elevated into a kind of untouchable thing, which can only be observed, never fully enjoyed. This for Lacan is the ultimate relationship to the object of desire. However, capitalism introduces a twist into this logic. The capitalist is…

…the answer you will find in my new book on love and so on, I claim that at the same time the Christian legacy and Lacan do not accept this. Let me just give you an example why do I think like this. Think about, okay, it's already boring how…

…I claim is that within the Lacanian space. This precisely is what an act is. In an act you can close this gap. Maybe Lacan is for this reason totalitarian, but then so am I. Thanks very much. I'm sure many of you have questions but that he's right…