M&D spoiler, minor -- some early page.

[Phillip P. Muth]

The Vector of Desire is certainly "in" the book.

> A review I read on line referred to one of the LeSpark cousins calling
> the telescope a "Vector of desire." I missed this on the first two times
> through but am willing to believe the reviewer was not lying.
> 
> But in that case one has to ask oneself where the phrase comes from. In
> the prolog to _Also Sprach Zarathustra_, Z refers to people who yearn
> for the coming of the Uebermensch as "Pfeile der Sehnsucht", which my
> English translation has as "Arrows of longing"; however when I was
> reading this passage last month (so prior to reading either M&D or the
> translation I am referring to), I translated that phrase as "vectors of
> desire." Was I getting that phrase from somewhere in particular? Is it
> the same place TRP's getting it?
> 
> And what is the significance of it exactly? I mean, I can see how Desire
> should usually have a directional character...
> 
> Jeremy

The author who most often invokes graphs, lines, lenses,
mirrors with respect to Desire is, of course, Jacques Lacan.
See for example his Graph of Desire (che vuoi?) or even the
much more simplistic L schema.  
For anyone who doubts the relevance of JL to TP just read the
introductory remarks by J-A Miller on paranoia in the intro to
Ecrits.  It sounds like an intro to P. (I'd quote it but I
don't have my copy here).

Parke Muth