Marty, Éric

Lacan and Sadian Materialism - 2013.


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Of all the philosophers who influenced Lacan, Sade, with his adherence to total materialism, is the most commonly cited. Lacan takes Sade seriously because Sade’s hyper-materialism raises an issue he covered on January 21, 1970 in his seminar, The Other Side of Psychoanalysis, which unveils the materialism of jouissance.