The Dead God, The Golden Throne, and A Hope Messianic: An Examination on the Organizing (Dead) Power of the Master Signifier and The Abandonment of Messiah
This paper explores the figure of the Emperor of Man from Warhammer 40,000 as a Master Signifier, situating him within the psychoanalytic traditions of Freud and Lacan while drawing a sharp contrast with the messianic hope articulated in the ethical philosophies of Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida. In Freudian and Lacanian theory, the Father—whether as …