Survenue
pp. 69-109
Abstrakt
These three observations by Roland Barthes show that both jouissance and its language have an intimate relation with what is "new". The future tense in the first sentence refers to the fact that there will never be in the future a proper linguistic distinction between pleasure and jouissance or a suitable taxonomy capable of ordering the various intensities of jouissance. In other words, even in the future one will not be able to convey the experience of pleasure or jouissance. In this way, because its account or its classification is indefinitely postponed, the language of pleasure or jouissance is essentially always structured as to come. Conversely (second and third paragraphs), non-encratic language and obsessive repetition are equally structured as to come: a text or a chant makes us "jouir" because it excites and/or surprises us by its disruptive and/or repetitive character. Barthes's three observations therefore show that pleasure or jouissance and its language are, therefore, what is expected (the jouissance coming from the repetition of a rhythm) and/or arrive unexpectedly (the jouissance deriving from the 'succulence" provoked by the unexpected or coming from the newness of an expression).
Publication details
Published in:
Martinon Jean-Paul (2007) On futurity: Malabou, Nancy and Derrida. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Seiten: 69-109
Referenz:
Martinon Jean-Paul (2007) Survenue, In: On futurity, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 69–109.