Joke AND (Its Relation to) Genocide
Joke AND (Its Relation to) Genocide

Author(s): Damir Arsenijević
Subject(s): Semantics, Studies in violence and power
Published by: Transkulturna Psihosocijalna Obrazovna Fondacija (TPO Foundation)
Keywords: joke; genocide; semantics; relation;
Summary/Abstract: I propose that we start from the title of Freud’s book, particularly from the conjunction ‘AND’. This conjunction draws attention to the two mutually linked dimensions in Freud’s work on jokes: the dimension of subjectivity and the dimension of discourse. Central in the interplay between these two dimensions—as that which knots these two dimensions - is pleasure that the joke produces, in the displacement and condensation of signifiers in our speech.

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