Objective Fictions: Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Marxism

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Adrian Johnston (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of New Mexico at Albuquerque) Boštjan Nedoh (Research Fellow, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Philosophy, Ljubljana, Slovenia.)

Objective Fictions

Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Marxism

Adrian Johnston (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of New Mexico at Albuquerque), Boštjan Nedoh (Research Fellow, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Philosophy, Ljubljana, Slovenia.), Alenka Zupančič (Research Advisor at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Philosophy, Ljubljana, Slovenia)

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Edinburgh University Press
22 February 2024

Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Social & political philosophy; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology); Political science & theory

This collection rethinks the relationship between objectivity and fiction through a series of 'objective fictions', such as fetishes, semblances, lies, rumours, sophistry, fantasies and conspiracy theories. It engages with modern and contemporary philosophical traditions and psychoanalytic theory, with all of these orientations being irreducible to either nominalist or realist approaches. The contributors are a mix of renowned thinkers and thinkers from the new generation, including Slavoj iek, Mladen Dolar, Frank Ruda and Samo Tomi.

Edited by: Adrian Johnston (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy University of New Mexico at Albuquerque), Boštjan Nedoh (Research Fellow, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Philosophy, Ljubljana, Slovenia.), Alenka Zupančič (Research Advisor at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Philosophy, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781474489331
ISBN 10: 1474489338
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 22 February 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

AcknowledgmentsAdrian Johnston, Boštjan Nedoh and Alenka Zupančic: Introduction. Beyond the Nominalism-Realism Divide: Objective Fictions from Bentham Through Marx to LacanChapter 1. Slavoj Žižek: Marx’s Theory of FictionsChapter 2. Boštjan Nedoh: Is Surplus Value Structured Like an Anamorphosis? Marx, Lacan, and the Structure of Objective FictionChapter 3. Adrian Johnston: Shades of Green: Lacan and Capitalism’s VeilsChapter 4. Samo Tomšič: From the Orderly World to the Polluted UnworldChapter 5. Cara S. Greene: The Genesis of a False Dichotomy: A Critique of Conceptual AlienationChapter 6. Aleš Bunta: Nietzsche’s Critique of Objectivity and It’s ‘Tools’Chapter 7. Peter Klepec: Tips and Tricks: Remarks on the Debate Between Badiou and Cassin on ‘Sophistics’Chapter 8. Mladen Dolar: On Rumors, Gossip and Related MattersChapter 9. Paul M. Livingston: ‘There is no such thing as the subject that thinks’: Wittgenstein and Lacan on truth and the subjectChapter 10. Amanda Holmes: The Awful Truth: Games and their Relation to the UnconsciousChapter 11. Tadej Troha: The Objective Construction: Freud and the Primal SceneChapter 12. Frank Ruda: (From the Lie in the Closed World to) Lying in An Infinite UniverseChapter 13. Alenka Zupančič: A Short Essay on Conspiracy Theories

Adrian Johnston is Distinguished Professor and Chair at the Department of Philosophy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA. He is the author of Time Driven (2005), Žižek’s Ontology (2008), Badiou, Žižek, and Political Transformations (2009), and Prolegomena to Any Future Materialism, Volume One (2013), all published by Northwestern University Press. He is the co-author, with Catherine Malabou, of Self and Emotional Life (Columbia University Press, 2013). Boštjan Nedoh is a Research Fellow at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Philosophy, Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has published extensively on Lacanian psychoanalysis, Italian biopolitical theory and contemporary French philosophy. Alenka Zupančič is a Research Advisor at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Philosophy, Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Professor at the European Graduate School, Saas-Fee, Switzerland.

Reviews for Objective Fictions: Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Marxism

"""An impressive and even exciting collection by a formidable group of scholars, and very topical as well. With essays on conspiracy theories, money, capital, rumors, and the very notion of objectivity all of the essays show how the intersection of psychoanalysis and Marxism leads to rich and surprising insights."" -Ed Pluth, California State University"