permissive attitude

is a kind of modern asceticism, realized not in oppression, but in the injunction 'enjoy!' And the tyranny of'free choice!'.

However, one should not forget that today, in our allegedly permissive society, this ascetism assumes precisely the form of its opposite, of the generalized injunction 'Enjoy!'. We are all under the spell of this injunction (Zizek 'how to read lacan' : 31).

is with the fall of the oppressive authority, instead of bringing freedom, responsible for giving rise to new and more severe prohibitions. We let a child choose whether to go to grandma's, but we force the child's choice with the help of 'guilt'.

Instead of bringing freedom, the fall of the oppressive authority thus gives rise to new and more severe prohibitions. How are we to account for this paradox' Think of the situation known to most of us from our youth: the unfortunate child who, on Sunday afternoon, has to visit his grandmother instead of being allowed to play with friends. (Zizek 'how to read lacan' 79).

is the idea that everything is permitted so long as it is deprived of the substance that makes it dangerous (cream without fat, coffee without caffeine, beer without alcohol).

Everything is permitted, you can enjoy everything on condition that it is deprived of the substance which makes it dangerous. (Zizek 'how to read lacan' : 32)

permissive attitude, n.Definitions

permissive attitude