Seminar XI, Episode 1
Lectures on Lacan Podcast
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Why Do I Want This Thing?
The object of desire is clear, always. What Lacan helps us figure out is that we don't know the answer to the question of why we desire. We spend so much time thinking about what we want, that we forgot to ask the basic question: Why do I want this thing? Thankfully, Lacan is very straightforward when it comes to this stuff. You technically cannot want something that you experience as having - which is partly how when you finally get what you say you want, you suddenly don't want it anymore.
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