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Lacan's Jewish Nonsense Is an Imaginary Lure

The main idea is that Jewish nonsense is an imaginary, Jewish nonsense that we can never get. Like the Jewish nonsense is impossible and imaginary and just a lure. That's where I think from A to Z, from mirror stage to seminar 20, we see this consistent idea that full, whole, all enjoyment of the all, that's illusory, that's imaginary. And then in the end, there's the idea of the all on the masculine side that’s illusory.

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