Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology
What is at stake here is precisely the problem of the fulfillment of desire:
What is at stake here is precisely the problem of the fulfillment of desire: when we encounter in reality an object which has all the properties of the fantasized object of desire, we are nevertheless necessarily somewhat disappointed; we experience a certain this is not it; it becomes evident that the finally found real object is not the reference of desire even though it possesses all the required properties.
Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology
Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology
