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thesmoothcourseofthings,theleftover,theremainderofcastra-
tionwhichcannotbeincludedinthechainofsignifiersthatisthe
symbolicorder:Ktheobjectthatcannotbeswallowed,asitwere,
whichremainsstuckinthegulletofthesignifier.”8Inthisway,
whatLacannowcallssubjectissplitalsobecauseitappearsintwo
guises:asS
1,themastersignifier,withwhichthesubjectidentifies,
anda,theobscenesupportofhisidentitywhichhastobeexcluded
fromtheimage(idealego)heprojectstoappearlikabletohimself.9
Theimportantpointhereisthatthesetwofacesofthesubjectare
mutuallyexclusive–themomentonecomestothefore,theother
disintegrates:
ObjectaasacauseisanIn-itselfthatresistssubjectivisation/
symbolisation,yetfarfrombeingKindependentfromthesubject,”
itissensustrictothesubject’sshadowamongtheobjects,akindof
stand-inforthesubject,apuresemblancelackinganyconsistency
ofitsown.Inotherwords,ifthesubjectistoemerge,hemust
sethimselfagainstaparadoxicalobjectthatisrealandcannot
besubjectivised.SuchanobjectremainsanKabsolutenon-subject”
whoseverypresenceinvolvesaphanisis,theerasureofthesubject;
yetthispresenceisassuchthesubjecthimselfinhisoppositional
determination,thenegativeofthesubject,apieceoffleshthatthe
subjecthadtoloseifheistoemergeasthevoidofdistancetowards
everyobjectivity.Thisuncannyobjectisthesubjectitselfinthe
modeofobjectivity,theobjectwhichisthesubject’sabsoluteother-
nesspreciselyinsofarasitisclosertothesubjectthananything
thatthesubjectcansetagainstitselfinthedomainofobjectivity.10
IntheLacaniancontext,therefore,thecauseoftheMagistrate’s
aphanisismaybecomeclearer:inpursuingthemeaningoftheKsigns”
leftbyJollonthebodyofthebarbariangirlbymeansofwordshe
alwayscomestonothingasthetruthofthesemarkscanonlybe
foundinjouissance(thatis,outsideoflanguage),whiletheverypos-
sibilityofhisremaininghimself(hisego-discourse)isfoundedonthe
dissimulationofjouissancebyretainingthedistancebetweenegoand
enjoymentwhich,aswehavenoted,constitutesinteriorityitself.On
8
JacquesLacan,TheFourFundamentalConceptsofPsycho-Analysis(Seminar
XI),trans.AlanSheridan(London:Penguin,1979),270.
9
Inotherwords:whatbecomesdisavowedissurplus-jouissancethatthetaking
ofthesymbolicposition,whichistheeffectofcastration,produces.
10
SlavojŽižek,KHegelwithLacan,ortheSubjectandItsCause,”in:Reading
SeminarsIandII:Lacan’sReturntoFreud,eds.RichardFeldstein,BruceFink,
MaireJaanus(Albany:StateUniversityofNewYorkPress,1996),400.
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