Abstract
This essay confronts the problem of the enjoyment produced by right-wing populism through a psychoanalytic interpretation of this phenomenon. The structure of right-wing populism is instructive because it enables us to thoroughly disentangle the enjoyment that it produces from power. As a result, we can recognize how the supporters of the populist leader enjoy through the very threat to their identity that the leader promises to eliminate (primarily immigrants). This, in turn, permits a new theorization of the structure of enjoyment as such.
Keywords:
- Keyword: Enjoyment
- Keyword: Nation
- Keyword: populism
- Keyword: power
- Keyword: Trump
How to Cite:
McGowan, T., (2021) “The Distribution of Enjoyment”, The European Journal of Psychoanalysis 8(1), 1–10.
Rights: In Copyright
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