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When it comes to the question of objectivity in current philosophical debates, there is a growing prominence of two opposite approaches: nominalism and realism. By absolutising intersubjectivity, the nominalist approach is moving towards the abandonment of the very notion of truth and objective reality. For its part, the realist approach insists on the category of the object-in-itself as irreducible to any kind of subjective mediation. Despite their seeming mutual exclusiveness, both approaches share a fundamental presupposition, namely, that of a neat separation between the spheres of subjectivity and objectivity as well as between fiction and truth. This collection offers a rethinking of the relationship between objectivity and fiction through engaging with a series of 'objective fictions', including such topics as fetishes, semblances, lies, rumours, sophistry, fantasies and conspiracy theories. It does so through engagement with modern and contemporary philosophical traditions and psychoanalytic theory, with all of these orientations being irreducible to either nominalist or realist approaches.
Contents
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