The Jouissance of the Torturer in Zero Dark Thirty and the Enjoyment of the Unacceptable
Abstract: In the scene of torture we can see a paradox at work in which the torturer is both sanctioned by positive law and prohibited by oedipal law. This latter prohibition brings the perpetrator into the proximity of, what can be understood as a Lacanian mode of jouissance, an enjoyment that both...
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| description | Abstract: In the scene of torture we can see a paradox at work in which the torturer is both sanctioned by positive law and prohibited by oedipal law. This latter prohibition brings the perpetrator into the proximity of, what can be understood as a Lacanian mode of jouissance, an enjoyment that both defies and demands the law. This enjoyment can be seen in the film Zero-Dark-Thirty in which the torturers animate the tortured to, arguably, further their enjoyment and further their goal of/as torture. In these scenes it is the very unacceptability of the breach in oedipal law, coupled with the sanction of positive law – as a command to torture – that makes the act of torture so exciting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95b50aecdbf3474daa76a11c6e90c1512022-12-22T03:40:30ZengUTS ePRESSPORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies1449-24902014-08-0111210.5130/portal.v11i2.33072663The Jouissance of the Torturer in Zero Dark Thirty and the Enjoyment of the UnacceptableJuliet Brough Rogers0University of MelbourneAbstract: In the scene of torture we can see a paradox at work in which the torturer is both sanctioned by positive law and prohibited by oedipal law. This latter prohibition brings the perpetrator into the proximity of, what can be understood as a Lacanian mode of jouissance, an enjoyment that both defies and demands the law. This enjoyment can be seen in the film Zero-Dark-Thirty in which the torturers animate the tortured to, arguably, further their enjoyment and further their goal of/as torture. In these scenes it is the very unacceptability of the breach in oedipal law, coupled with the sanction of positive law – as a command to torture – that makes the act of torture so exciting.https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/3307torturepsychoanalysislaw |
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| title | The Jouissance of the Torturer in Zero Dark Thirty and the Enjoyment of the Unacceptable |
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