Often Overlooked Essays in Écrits: "On My Antecedents"
Lectures on Lacan Podcast
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Freud's Beyond the Pleasure Principle
In beyond the pleasure principle Freud is talking about this notion of comfort of ease of relaxation And it gives it new meaning lacon says by in stating its signifying articulation of Repetition. Why do we spend so much time doing painful things? Reliving past experiences that are traumatic for instance. The most alive experience if you've been in a relationship like this is in the middle of the fight It's not the making up afterwards that brings you enjoyment. But the strife and the agony of the struggle.
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