Jouissance, Scapegoating and the Lack of the Symbolic: What Causes the Subject's Desire and Why?

• Published in: Critical horizons : journal of social & critical theory Vol. ahead-of-print; no. ahead-of-print; pp. 1 - 17
• Main Author: Drousioti, Kalli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.07.2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: alterity; enemy; Group identity; identity; Jacques Lacan; lacking-desiring subject; language; Political factors; Scapegoating; Subjectivity; Theory

The Lacanian theory describes the subject in terms of split and lack. It does so by illustrating the process by which the subject becomes constructed. In the present article, I critically engage with the version of Lacanian theory that Yannis Stavrakakis has promoted and with the shift that has mark...