jouissance
Noun
Meaning
Jollity; merriment.
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The purpose of the drive is to return to its circular path and the true source of jouissance is the repetitive movement of this closed circuit.
During this period, he developed his concepts of masculine and feminine jouissance and placed an increased emphasis on the concept of " the Real " as a point of impossible contradiction in the " Symbolic order ".
In the 18th century, focus shifted to the experience of hearing music, and thus to questions about its beauty and human enjoyment ( plaisir and jouissance ) of music.