"The subject [is] an “answer of the real” ..: the subject is nothing but the point of failure of the..."

“The subject [is] an “answer of the real” ..: the subject is nothing but the point of failure of the process of its symbolic representation.”

- SLAVOJ ZIZEK on how the real is “nothing at all, just a void, an emptiness in a symbolic structure, marking some central impossibility” http://alterities.tumblr.com/post/120376859037

"fantasy ..tries to cope with the fact that I am originally decentered, part of an opaque network..."

“fantasy ..tries to cope with the fact that I am originally decentered, part of an opaque network whose meaning and logic elude my control.”

- SLAVOJ ZIZEK http://alterities.tumblr.com/post/120335443468

"The sublime voice of the beloved is] an object which is just a positivation of the lack in the..."

“The sublime voice of the beloved is] an object which is just a positivation of the lack in the Other. ..If we get too near it, it loses its sublime features and becomes an ordinary vulgar object.”

- SLAVOJ ZIZEK http://alterities.tumblr.com/post/120313858069

"The drive ..goes on even when the subject has ..broken out of its illusory craving for the (lost)..."

“The drive ..goes on even when the subject has ..broken out of its illusory craving for the (lost) object of desire.”

- SLAVOJ ZIZEK http://alterities.tumblr.com/post/120277894891

“kneel down and you shall believe that you knelt down...

“kneel down and you shall believe that you knelt down because of your belief.”

http://alterities.tumblr.com/post/119675446052

"The pervert ..elevates the [fictive] enjoying big Other into the agency of Law."

“The pervert ..elevates the [fictive] enjoying big Other into the agency of Law.”

- SLAVOJ ZIZEK http://alterities.tumblr.com/post/119671547159

"A masochist locates enjoyment in the very agency of the Law that prohibits access to enjoyment."

“A masochist locates enjoyment in the very agency of the Law that prohibits access to enjoyment.”

- SLAVOJ ZIZEK http://alterities.tumblr.com/post/119665442711