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In Kant__ description, ethical duty functions like a foreign traumatic intruder that from the outside disturbs the subject__ homeostatic balance, its unbearable pressure forcing the subject to act __eyond the pleasure principle,_ ignoring the pursuit of pleasures. For Lacan, exactly the same description holds for desire, which is why enjoyment is not something that comes naturally to the subject, as a realization of her inner potential, but is the content of a traumatic superego injunction.
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In Kant__ description, ethical duty functions like a foreign traumatic intruder that from the outside disturbs the subject__ homeostatic balance, its unbearable pressure forcing the subject to act __eyond the pleasure principle,_ ignoring the pursuit of pleasures. For Lacan, exactly the same description holds for desire, which is why enjoyment is not something that comes naturally to the subject, as a realization of her inner potential, but is the content of a traumatic superego injunction.
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