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Sonorous law II: The refrain
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | This is well demonstrated in Žižek's example of the institution of marriage, which is concerned not to strip away the twin “illusions” of choice and fusion but rather to reconcile those who commit themselves to it, and thereby to those “illusions.” This is crucial for two, again interlinked, reasons: first, that the institution of marriage allows the subject(s) to transcribe their desire within the symbolic realm and thereby give desire its proper form or structure, and inevitably so; and, second, that the idea of transgressing the institution is revealed as a naive and futile gesture that takes all too seriously the possibility of fusing with the object of desire beyond the constraints of what marriage prohibits. Consequently:public proclamation is what marriage is ultimately all about: a symbolic commitment, not just an expression of our (fluctuating) emotions – in the marriage ceremony, one makes a vow, one gives one'sword. . . . So, although one should, of course, defend the right to divorce, one should nonetheless insist that marriage should be conceived of as valid forever and essentially indissoluble: if divorce occurs, it does not mean that a marriage is simply over but rather and more radically that the marriage never really existed.5 Book Name: Zizek and Law |
| Related Links | https://api.taylorfrancis.com/content/chapters/edit/download?identifierName=doi&identifierValue=10.4324/9781315754666-19&type=chapterpdf |
| Ending Page | 231 |
| Page Count | 19 |
| Starting Page | 213 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315754666-19 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2015-03-05 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Zizek and Law Cultural Studies Religion and Religious Studies Marriage Divorce Illusions Ultimately Transgressing Proclamation Indissoluble Gesture Refrain |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
