Jouissance: Sexuality, Suffering and Satisfaction AUTH-7642412 Decline of the Guilds

Decline of the Guilds

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Jouissance: Sexuality, Suffering and Satisfaction AUTH-7642412 Decline of the GuildsAlthough the term 'jouissance' is common currency in psychoanalysis today, how much does it really tell us? While often taken to designate a fusion of sexuality, suffering and satisfaction, the term has fallen into a purely descriptive use that closes down more questions than it opens up. Although assumed to explain the coalescence of pleasure and pain, it tends to cover a range of quite different issues that should be distinguished rather than