Of Dust and Divinity

Lacan and Christ-Shaped Void 2: Lack, Desire, and the Incarnation


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In part two, we delve deeper into the concept of lack, exploring Augustine's theological understanding of evil as a privatio boni – an absence of good – and contrasting it with Lacan's structural manque, the fundamental void that fuels human desire. Against this backdrop, we examine the figure of Jesus Christ as a unique response to both these forms of lack. We explore the Incarnation as a radical act of divine presence within human absence, and how Christ's life, death, and resurrection offer a transformative encounter with the "traumatic kernel" of human lostness, ultimately pointing towards a redemption that transcends our inherent limitations.

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