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l’hypothèque du renoncement

English translation: does away with the need for renunciation

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21:07 Oct 14, 2009

French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama

French term or phrase: l’hypothèque du renoncement

This passage is analysing the forces at work in a cinematic work of satire with political leanings. Out of the context of mortgages (for houses) I'm at a bit of a loss.

'La forme du pamphlet lève *l’hypothèque du renoncement* : Brecht + Rimbaud, induction + déduction, esprit de finesse + esprit de géométrie, et on y ajoutera Éros + Massacre, Joie + Révolte, le refus de la soustraction mutilante produira en fait toujours une multiplication et le pamphlet invente les jouissances de la raison critique.'

Nora Mahony KudoZ activity Questions: 37 (none open) (2 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 49
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English translation:does away with the need for renunciation

Explanation:
As I understand it, "renoncement" here is equivalent to "la substraction mutilante": the pamphlet form does away with the need for renunciation, and since refusing the mutilation of subtraction results in multiplication, the pamphlet thus invents new jouissances in critical reasoning. Or something of that ilk, a sort of general economy argument.

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Thanks for the points, Nora. Sounds like you've been having fun...