Perversion the Social Relation

Index 225polytheism: Burroughs's discussion of,30-36Pontalis, Jean-Baptiste, 70Poussaint, Alvin R, 160-61praxis of violence, 122Prelati, François, 140-41,15e n.22presence-absence games: lack-of-lackconcept and, 6$ n.38propaganda: beliefs and, 82-83psychoanalytic theory: criminal behaviorand, 155 n.16; disavowal (Verleugnung)and, 43-48, 86-92; Gilles de Raisphenomenon and, 138-42,15e n.17;limits of, 50-53, 65 n.36; mythologyand, 57-58; perversion and, 1-4, 38, 60nn.1-2Freudian disavowal as, 41-42,61 n.9,62 n.13; homo-ness as revolt against,170-84,185 n.12Rice, Anne, 33ritual: in Exotica, 102-10; Hopi Katcinarituals, 10,73-76,82-83,87-88romanticism: in Burroughs's writing,15-16, 29-30, 36 n.iRorty, Richard, 7-8,17Rosello, Mireille, 156 n.17Ross, Daniel W., 185 nn.io-nRossignol, Jean, 156 n.22Rothenberg, Molly Anne, 1-14Rotman, Brian, 37 n.ioRoy, Jules, 78Russell, Bertrand, 119Rabelais, François, 68race: eroticism and, 166-70; homosexualityand, 159-84; limits of homo-nessand, 170-84Rais, Gilles de. See Gilles de RaisRaising Arizona, 7Rat-Man, The, 91Reading for the Pbt, 191realistic anxiety, Freudian concept of, 42,61 n.nreason: Burroughs's discussion of, 16-36rebellion: homosexuality and, 159-63,170-84; terror as precursor to, 118-20,122-23; theater as, 123-24Reinach, Salomon, 126-27,153 n.2,158n.32religion: in Burroughs's writing, 30-36;death drive and, 194-208; homonessand, 167-70,185 n.io; limits ofhomo-ness and, 170-84; role of beliefsin, 72-73; in trial of Gilles de Rais,128-33, 1 47~5 2 » See also Christianity;Inquisition; Mannoni, Octave; ritualReliquet, Philippe, 140repetition, 192-208repression: alienation/separation conceptsand, 50-53; beliefs and, 72-73;sacrifice: Freudian discussion of, 44-48Santner, Eric, 119-20Sartre, Jean-Paul, 122Schubert, Franz, in n.14Schwartz, Nina, 10,93-110Seitz, Don C., 21self-beating in Fight Club, 113,116-24Seltzer, Mark, 155 n.nseparation: jouissance and, 53-54; perversionand, 48-53, 65 n.33**sex magic," Burroughs's concept of, 31-32sexuality: in Burroughs's writing, 25-29,31-36; in Exotica, 97-110; Lacan- •ian link with castration, 57, 67 n.47;Lacan's "lamella" and, 37 n.9; psychoanalytictheory and, 38-57, 59-60, 60nn.1-2,67 n.51Shakespeare, William: Prologue deviceof, 114shamanism, 82Shklovski, Viktor, 123Signifying Nothing: The Semiotics of Zero,37 n.10sinthome, Burroughs's concept of, 17-18skin: Nancy's discussion of, 13-14slavery: homo-ness and, 164-70; limits ofhomo-ness and, 170-84,185 n.12