Love as Mediator
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Against Understanding, Volume 1: Commentary and Critique in a Lacanian Key · Bruce Fink · p.243
**What is love, then?**
Theoretical move: Love is theorized as a mediator between demand, desire, and drive: while these three registers diverge and do not share the same object, love is what allows jouissance (drive-satisfaction) to become available with the person one desires, providing imperfect but potentially fulfilling alignment between the registers.
Love here can serve as a kind of mediator between the different registers. It doesn't provide perfect harmony.