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An Afternoon with Slavoj Zizek -- Lacan

Why Theory

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The Beautiful Soul Is Hysteria in Psychoanalysis

Rick Boothby talks about the position of the hysteric in psychoanalysis. He says it's a position that already occupies the seat of power but decries the particular way in which the power is being exercised. It thinks everything that goes against the original idea somehow reflects some external manipulation, he says. Rick Boothby: "The beautiful soul is the hysteric right this is hysterical acting out of of and never fully like anything"

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