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Introduction: Faith and the Real

Introduction: Faith and the Real We believe that this volume of represents the first collection ˇ z of critical responses to be made to the work of Slavoj Ziˇ ek. It draws from a variety of engaged readers of his prolific output, judging it from philosophical, political, cultural and psychoanalytical viewpoints. From the editorial stance it is particularly fortunate that three of the contributors, Terry Eagleton, Bran Nicol and Kenneth Reinhard, have here together in their differing ways given introductions to his work, and so as editors we can refer the reader to their articles for a survey of his concerns, his methods and his reception. This unusually gives us the space to draw attention to a particular feature of his thought, the centrality of the notion of the Real. This volume of should display this connection across the diversity of fields that he covers while at the same time showing the versatility of its relevance. ˇ z It is with Lacan’s concept of the Real above all that Ziˇ ek has brought psychoanalysis to bear on fields traditionally kept apart. The Real is one of Lacan’s three ‘Orders,’ the Real, the Symbolic and the Imaginary, a tripartite map of the relations existing http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Paragraph Edinburgh University Press

Introduction: Faith and the Real

Wright, Edmond
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We believe that this volume of represents the first collection ˇ z of critical responses to be made to the work of Slavoj Ziˇ ek. It draws from a variety of engaged readers of his prolific output, judging it from philosophical, political, cultural and psychoanalytical viewpoints. From the editorial stance it is particularly fortunate that three of the contributors, Terry Eagleton, Bran Nicol and Kenneth Reinhard, have here together in their differing ways given introductions to his work, and so as editors we can refer the reader to their articles for a survey of his concerns, his methods and his reception. This unusually gives us the space to draw attention to a particular feature of his thought, the centrality of the notion of the Real. This volume of should display this connection across the diversity of fields that he covers while at the same time showing the versatility of its relevance. ˇ z It is with Lacan’s concept of the Real above all that Ziˇ ek has brought psychoanalysis to bear on fields traditionally kept apart. The Real is one of Lacan’s three ‘Orders,’ the Real, the Symbolic and the Imaginary, a tripartite map of the relations existing

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