Summary
Renata Salecl: (Per)Versions of Love and Hate
The second chapter explains this movement from desire to instinct while recalling a series of classic Hollywood melodramas (Rhapsody, The Seventh Veil, The Red Shoes and Humoresque). The third chapter deals with the seductive nature of the female drive, which is illustrated by the story of the deadly song of the siren.
An object that is on a higher level than itself must be experienced as an object of desire, but also as an object of drive. In both cases, the object can be viewed simultaneously as something that someone appreciates and something that seduces, as well as something that someone hates and disgusts. This does not only apply to the subject's private life; passionate attachment to a birth lump can also lead to destruction. The fourth chapter shows how Ceausescu's attitude towards Romania can be summed up in the following sentence: "I love my country, so I can butcher it."
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