| Title | Queer as a New Shelter from Castration |
|---|---|
| Contributor | Abe Geldhof (author) |
| Paul Verhaeghe (author) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0167.1.10 |
| Landing page | https://punctumbooks.com/titles/clinical-encounters-in-sexuality-psychoanalytic-practice-and-queer-theory/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Geldhof, Abe; Verhaeghe, Paul |
| Publisher | punctum books |
| Published on | 2017-03-07 |
| Long abstract | Somewhere in his diaries, Søren Kierkegaard (1998) wonders about how Jesus Christ would react when asked to prove that he is really the son of God. If he really is, Kierkegaard says, then he would not prove it, because his existence is the proof. If Je-sus were to comply with the request to prove it, he would make himself appear not to be the son of God. Lacan (1986[1959–60]) says something similar about the perversion of Sade. In his sev-enth seminar on ethics he notes that the more Sade shouts not to be bound by any law, the more it becomes clear that the Law remains indestructible at its core (225–41).Jesus Christ doesn’t prove he is Jesus Christ because he is Je-sus Christ: his existence is the proof. Sade, on the other hand, has to prove ceaselessly that he is not bound by any law, but in producing transgression after transgression, it becomes obvious that his pleasure is only possible because of the law. Without the law no transgression is possible. The silence of being contrasts sharply with the shrieking noise of discourse. |
| Page range | pp. 211–221 |
| Print length | 11 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |