Center for Women and Family Studies, University of Tehran Journal of Woman in Culture and Arts 2538-3108 9 1 2017 03 21 Applying the concept of "fantasy love" of Lacan for explanation of divorce as a social problem Applying the concept of "fantasy love" of Lacan for explanation of divorce as a social problem 73 91 62766 10.22059/jwica.2017.62766 FA Marzieh Shahriary PhD student in Yasouj university & teacher Maryam Mokhtari Associate Professor, Yasouj University Journal Article 2017 01 13 In the last century, with the growth and development of societies, the massive increase in the types of social injuries occurred in different societies. Divorce is as a injury in Iranian society. Today, human subjects make fantasy for themselves to show their imaginary position in the social structure. The purpose of this paper is to use the concept of love and fantasy of Lacan in order to explain the social problem of divorce. The conceptual framework of the current study is inspired by the theories of Jacques Lacan and sex fantasy about love and divorce in Lacan's discussions. The unconscious aspect of divorce occurrence was analyzed for 9 divorced women with using fantasy of Lacan. The data were collected through in-depth interviews. The research findings show that the subject, based on a fantasy scenario and a constructed desire tries to find the fantasy in the society. But when accessing, the subject faces to unpleasant experiences of reality, and she/he gets objective speculative of fantasy as a ordinary person who has nothing share with his/her imaginary picture. In the last century, with the growth and development of societies, the massive increase in the types of social injuries occurred in different societies. Divorce is as a injury in Iranian society. Today, human subjects make fantasy for themselves to show their imaginary position in the social structure. The purpose of this paper is to use the concept of love and fantasy of Lacan in order to explain the social problem of divorce. The conceptual framework of the current study is inspired by the theories of Jacques Lacan and sex fantasy about love and divorce in Lacan's discussions. The unconscious aspect of divorce occurrence was analyzed for 9 divorced women with using fantasy of Lacan. The data were collected through in-depth interviews. The research findings show that the subject, based on a fantasy scenario and a constructed desire tries to find the fantasy in the society. But when accessing, the subject faces to unpleasant experiences of reality, and she/he gets objective speculative of fantasy as a ordinary person who has nothing share with his/her imaginary picture. https://jwica.ut.ac.ir/article_62766_9884c479cff91d0024d9ab7e95e3993e.pdf