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An Afternoon with Slavoj Zizek -- Lacan

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Is the Dusting Not Tolerable?

The monstrosity of Dosting ends up being evinced by the forms that Obgeia takes. I think there's a way in which Obgeia comes to take on some of the qualities of Dsting from Seminar 7, as it's later gets articulated by Lacan. And like multiple points in the novel is like a shamed Ishmael because he took part in what happened and what he tookpart in. So even though Ahab is open to the monster, it's the monster inside. But again, you're still getting the other in a form that you can, you can tolerate,. whereas- "I feel like the dusting cannot be tolerated

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