What does jouissance mean?
Jouissance means (obsolete) Enjoyment, delight, pleasure..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) Enjoyment, delight, pleasure..
friendship is enjoyed according as it is desired, it is neither bred, nor nourished, nor increaseth but in jovissance, as being spirituall, and the minde being refined by use and custome.
Instead Lyotard suggests that the worker experiences jouissance, a masochistic pleasure, in the imposed ‘mad destruction’ of their body.
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Jouissance means (obsolete) Enjoyment, delight, pleasure..
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friendship is enjoyed according as it is desired, it is neither bred, nor nourished, nor increaseth but in jovissance, as being spirituall, and the minde being refined by use and custome.
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