A Lacanian supplementation to love in L’Immanence des vérités

Abstract In L’Immanence des vérités, Alain Badiou rewrites the Platonic allegory of cave. As book’s structure reveals, Badiou’s central claim is that truths are absolute, for they constituted by dialectic between finitude and infinity, consequence which lies in creation œuvre. Although love often affected individual difference, family, money, social norms, philosophy calls a rupture with these instances finitude, awakening us to truth open possibility infinity embodied contingent encounter, amorous declaration, faithful construction Two. subjectivization this form œuvre, through beyond Lacanian impasse sexual non-relationship. This article supplements Badiouian psychoanalysis developing five points. First, binary framework “Lacanian vs infinity” can be misleading. Second, himself regards unconscious analytic discourse as inscribed infinity. Third, Lacan allows recognize œuvre waste not opposed, but rather supplementary each other. Fourth, both Badiou, constitutes interlacing non-relationship Fifth, absolute must deal real fusional One thus, supplemented problematic relationship its fantasmatic One. Based on points, elaborates such concepts labor, waste, artisan love.