Talk:Law: From Superego to Love
Introduction
Žižek's account of law is built upon the reiteration of the idea that law is split or that there is a parallax gap between the public letter and its obscene superego supplement.[1]
(This chapter focuses on the split in law, drawing out its repercussions for thinking about law more generally.)
For Žižek, law is necessary and potentially liberatory.
Appearing in mutiple arrangements - the symbolic law of language and norms, the public law of states and regimes, the transgressive "nightly" law of superego, as well as the religious law of Judaism and the Pauline law of faith - law persists as a constituent element of human practical experience.
Yet law as such is incomplete.
Law's Founding
Founding Crime
Founding Law
Split Law
Surplus
Lack
Enjoying Law
Love With Law
The Object in Law: From Superego to Objet Petit a
Attachment to Law: From Enjoyment Through Duty to Enjoyment in Love
Conclusion: Hope in Law
Notes
- ↑ Žižek, Slavoj. The Parallax View. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2006. p. 10.
