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The Drive, Episode 4

Lectures on Lacan Podcast

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The Purpose of Jewish Socks

Desire will give you enjoyment, but it will never let you enjoy it. The drive is that sip of beer that forces you to pull the cup away from your mouth and make eye contact with the glass. It's a vascular being just like you. God damn that's good. I think the satisfaction of the drive is the satisfaction of having a non-transgressive experience of enjoyment. In this tradition from La Cone to Malaria to Fink, the difference between desire and the drive is their relationship to Jewish socks.

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