The supposed joy of sacrificing one's self
The only way for the subject to enjoy is to
pretend that he lacks the object that provides jouissance, (physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy - the elixirs of life) that is, to conceal its possession from the
Other’s gaze by staging the spectacle of a desperate search for it. 'Well, I am trying to be happy...but I just can't...I will just have to suffer in silence...sacrifice my day...' This also
casts new light on the topic of sacrifice: one sacrifices not in order to get
something from the Other, but in order to dupe the Other, in order to convince
him or it that one is still missing something, that is, jouissance. This is why obsessional neurotics experience
the compulsion repeatedly to accomplish their compulsive rituals of
sacrifice—in order to disavow (deny any responsibility) their jouissance in the eyes of the Other.
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