The Reflective Nature of the Human Eye

This chapter explores Lacan's ideas on spatiality and the reflective nature of the human eye, discussing illusions created by partially rubbed away Bodhisattva statues in Japan. It delves into the concept of a surface in which nothing is reflected and the interpretation of the Buddha's eye as a symbol of enlightenment. The chapter also examines the scopic drive and the gaze according to Lacan, along with the internalization of the male erotic gaze by women in Western tradition.