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Jouissance Studies

A collection of 30 issues

The Quotidian Associations № 006| Libidinal Economy

Events that have taken place during the past few days have got me thinking about libidinal economy. Marxists (and other politically interested people) think about political economy. Psychoanalysts think about libidinal economy. -◉- Nowadays, people will often use the term libido as a synonym for sex drive, but I

The Quotidian Associations №005 | Libido, Object, Jouissance

When I was first learning about psychoanalysis someone told me, "psychoanalysis can be described in lots of different ways, but I think that fundamentally it is the examination and description of the relationship between the subject and their object." -◉- Frued used the concept of libido to

The noise of the world | 12/30/21

I read the following in an article titled The Cost of Engaging With the Miserable [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/twitter-facebook-misery-misinformation/621073/] , by Charlie Warzel [https://www.theatlantic.com/author/charlie-warzel/]. > Every morning, I wake up and grab my doom machine. My phone is a piece

Maybe we want to edit that...

The Wall Street Journal reports [https://link.axios.com/click/24644466.393234/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3NqLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy90ZW5jZW50LXBsdW1tZXRzLWFzLWNoaW5hLXRha2VzLWFpbS1hdC1vbmxpbmUtdmlkZW9nYW1lcy0xMTYyNzk2MjAxOD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2FtJnN0cmVhbT10b3A/5f80edf4da94b81728375c46B339b4f87] (subscription needed to read the article) > A state-owned newspaper in China denounced online gaming as "opium for the mind" yesterday, driving d

◎ Drafts №8 | Some more Žižek & "We are all mad here."

The jouissance of not 996?

From the NYTimes The Morning email newsletter [https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?abVariantId=0&campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210802&instance_id=36887&nl=the-morning&productCode=NN&regi_id=56891994&segment_id=65126&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%

| In Psychosis There is No Doubt |

// The Jouissance of Anxiety & Depression

This morning I woke up at about 5:40 am when my five-month-old decided it was time to be awake. When I picked him up from his crib, he snuggled into me and went back to sleep. At this point in my life, I’ve been through this enough times

The Jouissance of Tangping

Following up on something I posted yesterday [https://www.surplusjouissance.com/how-does-the-ccp-respond-to-the-jouissance-of-slacking/] , the NYTimes reports [https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/R86iHrhAaDqOHJibPqx7mQ~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRixBNyP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNy8wMy93b3JsZC9hc2lhL2NoaW5hLXNsYWNrZXJzLXRhbmdwaW5nLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIxMDcwNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0zNDU2NyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTU2ODkxOTk0JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NjI1ODkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTMxYj

How does the CCP respond to the jouissance of slacking?

From the Axios AM/PM newsletter [https://www.axios.com/signup/am-pm] today: > Rejecting China's work culture, some young people are embracing a loafing movement that includes traveling and living off savings — "lying flat" (tangping in Mandarin) This, in and of itself is not that