The Christ under Reconstruction : From the Face to the Celestial Machine

• Starting in Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari's critique of the image of the face of Christ, the article experimentally explores the notion of the cross-event as machine. Through an encounter between Deleuze and Guattari's concept of the abstract machine and Russian avant-garde artist and thinker Liubov Popova's notion of construction, the article explores the multiplicity rather than the singular identity of the Christ-notion; the ongoing creative aspect rather than the origin–telos spectrum. Thus, the article invites non-theological thinkers to throw new light on a theological dilemma: the exclusive and authoritarian aspects of the Christ figure. Finally, alternative images of Christ to be found in the history of Christianity are suggested.

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Filosofi, etik och religion (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Deleuze

Gilles

1925-1995

Guattari

Félix

Popova

Li︠u︡bovʹ Sergeevna

1889-1924

Jesus Christ

Unity and plurality

Constructivism (Philosophy)

Art -- Philosophy

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)