Perversion: A Reversal of Fantasy

In Lacanian algebra, you see this diamond or this lozenge right down here in perversion. You'll see that it's a complete reversal of fantasy. The reason why I've only used these greater than signs is because what we're working on is not exactly perversion here, but anxiety. Here's the pervert operating on a fantasy structure that looks something like this. Little a, little a, split subject, split subject. This is some nosebleed stuff. And I don't think we need to get into it, but I want to flag it for you because it is coming up in today's readings.