The masochist, the voyeur, the sadist, the sodomite, the fetishist,
the pedophile, and the necrophiliac all expose hidden but essential
elements of the social relation. Arguing that the concept of
perversion, usually stigmatized, ought rather to be understood as a
necessary stage in the development of all non-psychotic subjects,
the essays in "Perversion and the Social Relation" consider the
usefulness of the category of the perverse for exploring how social
relations are formed, maintained, and transformed.
By focusing on perversion as a psychic structure rather than as
aberrant behavior, the contributors provide an alternative to
models of social interpretation based on classical Oedipal models
of maturation and desire. At the same time, they critique claims
that the perverse is necessarily subversive or liberating. In their
lucid introduction, the editors explain that while fixation at the
stage of the perverse can result in considerable suffering for the
individual and others, perversion motivates social relations by
providing pleasure and fulfilling the psychological need to put
something in the place of the Father. The contributors draw on a
variety of psychoanalytic perspectives--Freudian and Lacanian--as
well as anthropology, history, literature, and film. From Slavoj
Zižek's meditation on "the politics of masochism" in David
Fincher's movie "Fight Club" through readings of works including
William Styron's "The Confessions of Nat Turner, " Don DeLillo's
"White Noise," and William Burroughs's "Cities of the Red Night,"
the essays collected here illuminate perversion's necessary role in
social relations.
"Contributors. "Michael P. Bibler, Dennis A. Foster, Bruce Fink,
Octave Mannoni, E. L. McCallum, James Penney, Molly Anne
Rothenberg, Nina Schwartz, Slavoj Zižek
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