The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire, Part 6
Lectures on Lacan Podcast
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The Little Other
The police officer is a little other. Who derives his or her authority from a monopolization, not just on violence. The law is the position of access to the law and cops use this all the time. They purport to know something about the law that you don't usually around issues of probable cause,. And they'll say things that are tricky like, can I look in the trunk of your car. Lacan: "If the cop is a sadist, that's what they get off on"
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