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Definition of Jouissance

Jouissance
Jouissance Jou"is*sance, n. [F., fr. jouir to enjoy, fr. L. gaudere to rejoice.] Jollity; merriment. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Meaning of Jouissance from wikipedia

- Jouissance (pronounced [ʒwisɑ̃s] ) is a French language term implying "enjoyment"; the term jouissance connotes jouir 'to come' as in ****ual parlance and...
- During this period, he developed his concepts of masculine and feminine jouissance and placed an increased emphasis on the concept of "the Real" as a point...
- unary signifier of lack (phallus) stitches the unconscious drives to jouissance, dialectically bridging language and desire (logos and eros, the Apollonian...
- (London 1997) p. 75 Bruce Fink, The Lacanian Subject: Between Language and Jouissance (Princeton 1997) p. 61 Fink p. 62 and p. 72 Lacan, Four p. 273 Michael...
- and thus to questions about its beauty and human enjoyment (plaisir and jouissance) of music. The origin of this philosophic shift is sometimes attributed...
- hardcore version of this film by Riccardo Freda (under the title Chaleur et jouissance) featuring actress Alice Arno. Italian Quiet Days in Clichy 1970 A film...
- psychic fusion" with the mother, experiencing "emotional exhilaration and jouissance". However, as they mature, sensing their separateness from the mother...
- and a symbol of feminine jouissance. They must repay their Freudian or Jungian debts from the guilt of want. Their jouissance in her death arises from...
- the death drive. Hedonism Id, ego and super-ego Ignacio Matte Blanco Jouissance Pierre Janet Reality principle Self-control Utilitarianism Laplanche,...
- early 20th century; and subsequently fed into Lacanian emphasis on "a jouissance beyond the pleasure principle" in the latter half of the century – a time...