Perversion the Social Relation

Accident: A Day's News, 12,189-208alienation, perversion and, 48-53, 65 n.33alloeroticism, Freudian discussion of, 63n.21American Psychological Association, 160,184 n.5American Survival Guide, 18André, Serge, 157 n.27anxiety: perversion and, 53-54, 66 n.41Aristotle: automaton concept and philosophyof, 203-4; Burroughs's interpretationof, 16-17, 23-24, 31-36Augustine (Saint), 36 n.6authority: delusions of, 18, 36 n.4autoeroticism: Freudian discussion of,44-48, 63 n.21automaton: death drive and, 198-99,203-4Bach, Sheldon, 67 n.49baptism: homo-ness and, 163-70; limits ofhomo-ness and, 180-84Bataille, Georges, 11,127-33, *53 n * 2 >historicism of, 128,133-42,154 n.5;homophobia of, 140-42,156 n.22;paradox of faith in Gilles de Rais trialand, 149-52; transference and groupreaction to Gilles de Rais trial, 142-46Bataille, Nfichel, 132,155 n.9,156 n.17, x 5 8n.32Baudrillard, Jean, 16beliefs: Freud's disavowal (Verleugnung)concept and, 69-73; Hopi Katcinarituals and, 73-76; perversion anddisavowal of, 10-14; psychoanalytictheory and, 68-69; r °l e °U m theater,76-77Benedetti, Jean, 158 n.32Benjamin, Walter, 119Bernard, Claude, 91Bersani, Leo, 12,162Beyond the Pleasure Principle, 190-208Bezhin Meadow, 124Bibler, Michael, 12,159-84Bildung: Hegelian concept of, 119Blade Runner, 37 n.8Bloom, Harold, 30Bluebeard tradition, in Breton folklore,153 n.iBlue Velvet, 98-99Bossard, Eugène, 154 n.3Brecht, Bertolt, 113-14