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.
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.