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This book brings together two of the most influential thinkers in critical theory. By unmasking reality as contingent symbolic fiction, the authors argue, Foucauldian criticism has only deconstructed the world in different ways; the point, however, is 'to recognize the Real in what appears to b...

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Main Authors: Vighi, Fabio (Author), Feldner, Heiko (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Philosophy.
Epistemology.
Existentialism.
History of Philosophy.
Phenomenology.
Philosophical Traditions.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Movement (Philosophy)
Electronic books.
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Summary:This book brings together two of the most influential thinkers in critical theory. By unmasking reality as contingent symbolic fiction, the authors argue, Foucauldian criticism has only deconstructed the world in different ways; the point, however, is 'to recognize the Real in what appears to be mere symbolic fiction' (Žižek) and to change it.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (V, 252 pages)
ISBN:9780230592766
DOI:10.1057/9780230592766