Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Allisson Vasconselos  and  PAPA, Marina del. From the fall of the father to the rise of the scoundrel. Stylus (Rio J.) [online]. 2019, n.39, pp. 75-81. ISSN 1676-157X.

From an episode of the television series Black mirror, we analyze the contemporary phenomenon of the rise of the scoundrel, a figure that, as experience shows, takes advantage of the widespread helplessness caused by the fall of the father to impose himself on the subject as an absolute Other, capitalizing on their claims. The fall of the father indicates the loss of the subject's phallic mark in the culture, due to which the subject can no longer locate any anchor point, feeling adrift in the world. The scoundrel appears not only as a substitute for the father, who may serve him as a reference, but also as his undue version, dependent on the stupidity and subordination of the masses to exercise his domination.

Keywords : Scoundrel; Paternal function; Fall of the father; Theory of the four discourses.

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