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An ex-eyety: a Lacanian signifier?

Josette Zouein

Issue 11 — Autumn 1997

76–82

An Xeyety: Because artists in general and painters in particular, make it possible to see what is not to be seen. Un ex-eyety: The ethics in 'The Merchant and the Genie', in 'The Thousand and One Nights'. ’Selon Lacan, ce n ’est pas I ’homo homini lupus mais lajouissance qui constitute le lien le plus primitif entre le sujet et l'Autre... ’M. Safouan. ’The eye is not satisfied with seeing.…

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