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Unknowing Is Core To Reality
- Unknowing is fundamental to subjectivity and reality itself, not just our knowledge of it.
- This concept moves from epistemological unknowing (in us) to ontological unknowing (woven into reality).
Subjectivity Through Loss
- Subjectivity arises through a fundamental loss or castration, marking us permanently.
- We desire based on the enigmatic, unknowable desire of the Other, called "desire of the Other" in psychoanalysis.
Mimetic Desire And Conflict
- Mimetic desire means we desire what others desire, leading to envy, obsession, and rivalry.
- This inherent conflict in desire results in societal mechanisms like scapegoating to unify temporarily.